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Eoasaphus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Eoasaphus was named by Kobayashi (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Trep Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Eoasaphus Kobayashi
1936Anorina Whitehouse
2002Eoasaphus Jell and Adrain p. 372
2002Eoasaphus 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
genusEoasaphusKobayashi 1936

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. †Eoasaphus Kobayashi 1936
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Invalid names: Anorina Whitehouse 1936 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakian or 497.00000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan E. superstes (118333 118336 118339 118341 118342 118345 118346 118347 118348)