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Asaphus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus was named by Brongniart (1822). Its type is Entomostracites expansus.

It was reranked as Amphion (Asaphus) by Eichwald (1840).

It was assigned to Amphion by Eichwald (1840); to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849), Henningsmoen (1960) and Owen and Bruton (1980); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Asaphus Brongniart
1840Amphion (Asaphus) Eichwald
1849Asaphus M'Coy p. 399
1953Schizophorus Balashova
1960Asaphus Henningsmoen
1980Asaphus Owen and Bruton
2002Asaphus Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Asaphus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822

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.

G. †Asaphus Brongniart 1822
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Subg. †Asaphus (Ampyx) Dalman 1827
Subg. †Asaphus (Asaphus) Brongniart 1822
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†Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus (Asaphus) fallax Angelin 1854
†Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Nieszkowski 1859
†Asaphus (Asaphus) vicarius Törnquist 1884
Subg. †Asaphus (Neoasaphus) Jaanusson 1953
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Invalid names: Asaphus oculosus Pompecki 1890 [synonym]
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) heintzi Henningsmoen 1960
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) lepidus Törnquist 1884
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Invalid names: Asaphus rusticus Törnquist 1884 [synonym], Asaphus wahlenbergii Wiman 1907 [synonym]
†Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sulevi Jaanusson 1953
Subg. †Asaphus (Onchometopus) Schmidt 1898
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Subg. †Asaphus (Platypeltis) Callaway 1877
Subg. †Asaphus (Subasaphus) Balashova 1976
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Invalid names: Asaphus (Platyasaphus) Ivantsov 2000 [synonym]
†Asaphus caribouensis Walcott 1884
†Asaphus caudatus Sedgwick 1845
†Asaphus curiosa Billings 1865
†Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821
†Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824
†Asaphus heckeri Ivantsov 2000
†Asaphus homfrayi Salter 1866
Invalid names: Schizophorus Balashova 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available