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Opsimasaphus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Opsimasaphus was named by Kielan (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1075]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Birmanites by Zhou and Dean (1986) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Nobiliasaphinae by Pålsson (1995); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Opsimasaphus Kielan
1995Opsimasaphus Pålsson p. 12
2002Opsimasaphus 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
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusOpsimasaphusKielan 1960

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. †Opsimasaphus Kielan 1960
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Opsimasaphus jaanussoni Kielan 1960
Opsimasaphus radiatus Salter 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available