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Asaphus expansus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Entomostracites expansus was named by Wahlenberg (1821). It is the type species of Asaphus.

It was recombined as Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus by Hansen and Nielsen (2003); it was recombined as Asaphus expansus by Brongniart (1822), Dalman (1827), Nielsen (1995), Jell and Adrain (2002) and Ivantsov (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Entomostracites expansus Wahlenberg pp. 25-27
1822Asaphus expansus Brongniart
1827Asaphus expansus Dalman pp. 240-242 figs. Pl. 3 f. 3a-d
1995Asaphus expansus Nielsen pp. 77-80 figs. 60-61 , 65
2002Asaphus expansus Jell and Adrain p. 345
2003Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Hansen and Nielsen
2003Asaphus expansus Ivantsov p. 271 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-5; pl. 21 f. 9

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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
subfamilyAsaphinaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphusBrongniart 1822
speciesexpansus()

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.

Asaphus expansus Wahlenberg 1821
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Diagnosis
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