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Asaphacea (disused)

Trilobita - Asaphida

Taxonomy
Asaphacea was named by Burmeister (1843).

It was assigned to Asaphina by Harrington and Leanza (1957) and Harrington et al. (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Asaphacea Burmeister
1957Asaphacea Harrington and Leanza
1959Asaphacea Harrington et al. p. 334

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
suborderAsaphinaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphaceaBurmeister 1843
superfamilyAsaphaceaBurmeister 1843

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.

Superfm. †Asaphacea Burmeister 1843
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Invalid names: Dikelocephalinidae Kobayashi 1936 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available