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Plectasaphus plicicostis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus plicicostis was named by Törnquist (1884). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Plectasaphus plicicostis by Jaanusson (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Plectasaphus plicicostis Jaanusson

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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
genusPlectasaphusJaanusson 1953
speciesplicicostis(Törnquist 1884)

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.

†Plectasaphus plicicostis Törnquist 1884
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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 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lasnamagi to the top of the Uhaku or 463.50000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden Plectasaphus plicicostis (166376 166439 166444 166539 166593)
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Gotland) Plectasaphus plicicostis (166540)
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Dalarne) Plectasaphus plicicostis (166368 166538)
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Kalmar) Plectasaphus plicicostis (166441 166533)
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Dalarna) Plectasaphus plicicostis (166335)
Aseri - Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Siljan) Plectasaphus plicicostis (166595)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Sweden (Dalarna) Plectasaphus plicicostis (192380)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 460.9Sweden (Siljan) Plectasaphus plicicostis (192368)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Sweden (Dalarna) Plectasaphus plicicostis (157358)