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Ogmasaphus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4635883	https://www.gbif.org/species/4635883
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20088	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20088

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Ogmasaphus

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
genus	Ogmasaphus	Jaanusson 1953

Scientific Name

Ogmasaphus Jaanusson, 1953

Name Published In

Ark. Min., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ogmasaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphinae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1960
Ogmasaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphidae	stated with evidence	Zhou et al., 1998
Ogmasaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ogmasaphus	genus	belongs to Asaphidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

458 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ogmasaphus costatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ogmasaphus hannanicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Ogmasaphus jaanussoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ogmasaphus kiaeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ogmasaphus multistriatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	8	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ogmasaphus praetextus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ogmasaphus stoermeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Ogmasaphus Jaanusson
1960	Ogmasaphus Henningsmoen
1998	Ogmasaphus Zhou et al. p. 701
2002	Ogmasaphus Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002	Ogmasaphus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

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

Zhou Z., Dean W. T., et al (1998) Ordovician trilobites from the Dawangou Formation, Kalpin, Xinjiang, north-west China, Palaeontology 41 4, 693-735

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

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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Ark. Min., 1 - 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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