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Asaphellus pricensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphellus pricensis was named by Legg (1976). Its type specimen is UWA 71347, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is section RM 10, 379 m, Emanuel Creek, Canning Basin, which is in an Arenig marine horizon in the Emanuel Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Asaphellus pricensis Legg p. 12 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphellusCallaway 1877
speciespricensis

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.

Asaphellus pricensis Legg 1976
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:35:14
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:35:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Western Australia) Asaphellus pricensis (type locality: 236056)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Asaphellus pricensis (157161 157167)