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Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Asaphus cornutus

Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Description

Asaphus (/ˈæsæfʌs/) is a genus of trilobites, that is known from the Lower (upper Arenig) and Middle Ordovician of northwestern Europe (Sweden, Estonia, Saint Petersburg Area).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaphus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4635764	https://www.gbif.org/species/4635764
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19864	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19864

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Asaphus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Asaphoidea	Salter 1864
family	Asaphidae	Burmeister 1843
subfamily	Asaphinae	Burmeister 1843
genus	Asaphus	Brongniart 1822

Scientific Name

Asaphus Brongniart, 1822

Name Published In

in Brongniart & Desmarest, Hist. nat. Crust. foss.: 17-25 (conserved under the plenary power)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Asaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphinae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1960
Asaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Asaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

450 - 444 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Asaphida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Asaphidae)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Asaphida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaphus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Asaphus (Asaphus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		79	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		89	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Asaphus (Onchometopus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Asaphus (Platypeltis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Asaphus angustifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus asiaticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus blackwelderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus boliviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus branconis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus broggeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus caribouensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus chinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus cornutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus curiosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus delphinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus edwardsii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus emoryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus expansus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Asaphus fallax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus glabrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus gonicercus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus hausmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus heckeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Asaphus heintzi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus homalonotoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus kowalewskii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus laciniatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus laevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus laevissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus laticauda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus latisegmentatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus latus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus lepidurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus lepidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus ludibundus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus murchisoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus nieszkowskii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus ornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus pachyophthalmus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus platyurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus raniceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus rimulosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus robergii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus sulevi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus taningencis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus uplandicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus vicarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asaphus volborthi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Asaphus Desmarest, 1817	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : *Asaphus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1822	Asaphus Brongniart
1849	Asaphus McCoy p. 399
1960	Asaphus Henningsmoen
1980	Asaphus Owen and Bruton
2002	Asaphus Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002	Asaphus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

McCoy F. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 4, 161-414

Henningsmoen G. (1960) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway 13. Trilobites of the Family Asaphidae, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 40, 203-257

Owen A. W., Bruton D. L. (1980) Late Caradoc-early Ashgill trilobites of the central Oslo Region, Norway, Paleontological Contributions from the University of Oslo. No. 245 245, 1-63

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 510 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Asaphus Brongniart, 1822 (class Trilobita).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18(14), 239-256 (1958) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Brusca & Brusca, 1990 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Brongniart & Desmarest, H. N. Crust. Foss., 18 (& 17). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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