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Taxonomy
Asaphus homfrayi was named by Salter (1866) [Lectotype selected by Morris 1988]. Its type specimen is SM A1266 (lectotype) and is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Megalaspis homphrayi by Raw (1908), Raw (1908); it was recombined as Asaphellus homfrayi by Callaway (1877), Hutchinson (1952), Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968).
It was recombined as Megalaspis homphrayi by Raw (1908), Raw (1908); it was recombined as Asaphellus homfrayi by Callaway (1877), Hutchinson (1952), Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1849 | Asaphus affinus McCoy |
| 1865 | Asaphis homfrayi Salter p. 165 |
| 1866 | Asaphus homfrayi Salter |
| 1877 | Asaphellus homfrayi Callaway |
| 1908 | Megalaspis homphrayi Raw p. 512 |
| 1910 | Hemigyraspis affinus Raymond p. 41 |
| 1952 | Asaphellus homfrayi Hutchinson |
| 1968 | Asaphellus homfrayi Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 780 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Asaphus homfrayi Salter 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tremadocian or 486.85000 to 477.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tremadocian | United Kingdom | Megalaspis homphrayi (278129) |