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Asiatella

Description

Asiatella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7235664https://www.gbif.org/species/7235664
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)20313https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20313
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ellipsocephalidae : Asiatella
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Ellipsocephalidae : Asiatella
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
genusAsiatellaRepina 1964
Scientific NameAsiatella Repina, 1964
Name Published Inin Repina, Khomentovskii et al. Biostratigraphy of the Lower Cambrian of the Sayan-Altai folded region. Akad. Nauk SSSR Moskva
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Asiatellagenusbelongs to Ellipsocephalidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Asiatellagenusbelongs to Ptychopariidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Redlichiida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Ellipsocephalidae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Redlichiida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow 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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatella

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Asiatella Repina
2002Asiatella Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Asiatella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
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
in Repina, Khomentovskii et al. Biostratigraphy of the Lower Cambrian of the Sayan-Altai folded region. Akad. Nauk SSSR Moskva - 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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