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Asaphellus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Asaphellus Callaway
1910Hemigyraspis Raymond p. 41
1937Asaphelloides Kobayashi
1937Megalaspidella Kobayashi
1957Asaphellus Harrington and Leanza
1957Megalaspidella Harrington and Leanza
1967Asaphoon Hutchison and Ingham
1968Asaphellus Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 780
2002Asaphellus Jell and Adrain p. 344
2002Asaphellus Sepkoski
2002Asaphoon Sepkoski
2002Megalaspidella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphellusCallaway 1877

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. †Asaphellus Callaway 1877
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†Asaphellus artus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
†Asaphellus aspinus Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
†Asaphellus catamarcensis Kobayashi 1935
†Asaphellus clarksoni Tortello and Esteban 2016
†Asaphellus communis Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968
†Asaphellus graffi Thoral 1946
†Asaphellus homfrayi Salter 1866
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Invalid names: Hemigyraspis affinus McCoy 1849 [synonym]
†Asaphellus isabelae Meroi Arcerito et al. 2015
†Asaphellus jujuanus Harrington 1937
†Asaphellus nazarenensis Tortello and Esteban 2014
†Asaphellus riojanus Harrington and Leanza 1957
†Asaphellus stenorhachis Harrington 1938
†Asaphellus trinodosus Chang 1949
Invalid names: Asaphelloides Kobayashi 1937 [synonym], Asaphoon Hutchison and Ingham 1967 [synonym], Hemigyraspis Raymond 1910 [synonym], Megalaspidella Kobayashi 1937 [synonym], Plesiomegalaspis Thoral 1946 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 11:35:14
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:35:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Payntonian to the top of the Dobrotivian or 489.50000 to 457.90000 Ma

Collections (302 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (Jujuy) A. aspinus (115420)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina A. aspinus (115455 115456 115457)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (La Rioja) A. riojanus (42518)
Payntonian489.5 - 488.3Australia (Northern Territory) A. sp. (77655)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Argentina (La Rioja) A. catamarcensis, A. riojanus (116138)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) A. eudocia (104557) A. sp. (104558)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) Asaphoon sp. (3711)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina A. convexus (8897) A. sp. (8898 8901 8902 9008 9010) A. sp., A. catamarcensis (66258)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China A. inflatus (66824 66826 66827) A. inflatus, A. yanheensis (66805) A. tungtzuensis (66822) A. yanheensis (66807 66808)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hubei) A. sp. (4738 7729)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Jilin Provence) A. versus (157247)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) A. sp. (7765)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7United Kingdom (Wales) A. sp. (280)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran A. fecundus (116235 116238 116241) A. inflatus (116496 185918) A. sp. (185926)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Morocco A. homfrayi (20998)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Texas) A. sp. (223754)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Shanxi Provence) A. trinodosus (157284)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) A. sp. (7694)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (La Rioja) A. catamarcensis, A. riojanus (116139)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) A. catamarcensis (9084 9086 9088 9094 9097 9100 115582 115650 115651 115652 115653 115654 115655 115658 115665 115666 115667 115668 115669 115670 115671 115681) A. catamarcensis, A. jujuanus (115662 115664) A. jujuanus (9087 210703) A. sp. (9101 115656)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (ShanXi) A. sp. (8000 8003 8530)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Heibei Provence) A. trinodosus (157275 157277) A. versus (157257 157270 157278 157280) A. versus, A. trinodosus (157264)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Liaoning Provence) A. versus (157255 157256)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) A. catamarcensis (115698 115699 115700 115723 115769 115783 115785 115806 115813 115818 115826 115831 115834 115836 115837 115840 115982 115987 115988 115992 116000 116025 116026 116027 116043 116048 116050 116051 116052 116054 116067 116068 116070 116072 116073 116074 116079 116080 116084 116086 116087) A. jujuanus (115772 116091) A. sp. (115724 115999 116022)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (HeBei) A. sp. (7958 7964 7969 7978 7981 7983 7985)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Guizhou) A. sp. (4773 5280 5281 5282 7387)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Mexico (Oaxaca) A. artus (9832 9833 9834) A. aspinus (9842 9851) A. communis (9824 9825 9827 9829 9830 9838 9839 9840 9841 9843 9844 9847 9848 9849)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Spain (Zaragoza) A. sp. (21073 21076)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia (Tarija) A. elizabethae, A. sp. (210709)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Vermont) Hemigyraspis sp. (192760)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway A. sp. (3106)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia A. communis, A. riojanus (8804) A. sp. (8837 8838 8841)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Sichuan) A. sp. (5421 7664)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan and Hubei) A. sp. (7720)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiLin) A. sp. (21144 21145)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) A. homfrayi (75116)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) A. homfrayi (3710)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) A. sp. (104112 104252)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) A. riojanus (278) A. sp. (104501)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6Australia (Northern Territory) A. sp. indet. 1 (77769)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) A. riojanus (104518)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco (Anti-Atlas) A. sp. (166727)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) A. isabelae (228321 228322 228323) A. sp. (136916 136917 136934 136935 136936 136937 136938 136939 136940 136948 136950)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7South Korea A. coreanicus, A. tomkolensis (215847 215848 215850 215851)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina A. catamarcensis (208285 208286) A. clarksoni (208290 208291 208293) A. clarksoni, A. isabelae, A. stenorhachis (208294) A. clarksoni, A. stenorhachis (208292)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Iran A. sp. (66869 66870)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) A. clarksoni, A. isabelae (208300 208303 208304) A. clarksoni, A. isabelae, A. stenorhachis (208301) A. jujuanus (208319 208322 208323 208324 208325 208327 208328 208329) A. jujuanus, A. nazarenensis (208318) A. nazarenensis (208320 208321) A. sp. (208310 208316 208317) A. stenorhachis (208302 208306 208308 208309)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden Plesiomegalaspis sp. (3195)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Iran A. sp. (66868)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) A. trinodosus (165772)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) A. sp. (104084 104096 104098) Megalaspidiella sp. (104068 104145 104146 104147)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Nevada) A. riojanus (104519 104520 104521) A. sp. (104343)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) A. eudocia (103821) A. sp. A (103819) A. sp. B (103816)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) A. sp., Megalaspidella sp. (287)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Salta) Megalaspidella kayseri (115703 115738 115870)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Jujuy) Megalaspidella kayseri (115675)
Dawan478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan) A. sp. (7692)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (AnHui) A. sp. (7830)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (LiaoNing) Megalaspidella sp. (20756)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20828) A. sp., Plesiomegalaspis sp. (20831)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden Plesiomegalaspis sp. (3196 3198 3199 3246 3247 3248 3249)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco A. jujuanus (56612) Plesiomegalaspis sp., A. jujuanus (20979)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia Megalaspidella sp. (8843 8844 9109)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (SiChuan) A. sp. (7949)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (3684 3685)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) Megalaspidella sp. (8577)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Megalaspidella sp. (8777)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan) A. sp. (7693)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hunan and Hubei) A. sp. (7718)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0Czech Republic A. sp. (3841)
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8United Kingdom A. graffi (208133)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20827)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Tarfaya) A. fezouataensis (20980)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) A. fezouataensis (166731) A. jujuanus (166730) A. tezouataensis, A. jujuanus (166726)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco A. jujuanus (56568 56574)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) A. emanuelensis (157172) A. pricensis (157161 157167)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Megalaspidella sp. (104301)
Chewtonian473.1 - 470.0Australia (Tasmania) A. lewisi (79013)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Megalaspidella sp. (20825)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) A. cianus (20959) A. sp. (20898)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Guadalajara) A. cianus (20914) A. sp. (194896 194897)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Ciudad Real) A. toledanus (13604)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. (2674)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Iran A. sp. (66865)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic A. desideratus (3857)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (HeBei) A. sp. (7988)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Portugal A. sp. (20958)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) A. sp. (2685)