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Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus cornutus was named by Pander (1830). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus by Jaanusson (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Asaphus oculosus Pompecki
1953Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus Jaanusson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
subgenusNeoasaphusJaanusson 1953
speciescornutus(Pander 1830)

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.

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Invalid names: Asaphus oculosus Pompecki 1890 [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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:40:13
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:42:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aseri or 463.50000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri463.5 - 460.9Estonia Asaphus cornutus (56200 56201)