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Asaphus (Neoasaphus) nieszkowskii

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus nieszkowskii was named by Schmidt (1898). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Asaphus (Neoasaphus) nieszkowskii by Jaanusson (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Asaphus (Neoasaphus) nieszkowskii Jaanusson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusAsaphus(Jaanusson 1953)
subgenusNeoasaphus
speciesnieszkowskii(Schmidt 1898)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kukruse to the top of the Keila or 458.00000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Lithuania Asaphus nieszkowskii (195468)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Russian Federation (Novgorod oblast) Asaphus nieszkowskii (235850)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Harju) Asaphus nieszkowskii (195554)