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Asaphus (Neoasaphus) latus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus latus was named by Pander (1930).

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphus (Neoasaphus) latus Jaanusson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
subgenusNeoasaphusJaanusson 1953
specieslatus(Pander 1930)

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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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Lasnamagi or 463.50000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri463.5 - 460.9Estonia Asaphus latus (56200 56201)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia Asaphus latus (56204 56205)