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Proasaphiscidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4634384	https://www.gbif.org/species/4634384
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	155209	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=155209

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Proasaphiscidae

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
subclass	Libristoma	Fortey 1990
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Proasaphiscidae	Zhang 1963

Scientific Name

Proasaphiscidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proasaphiscidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Proasaphiscidae	family	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Adelogonus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Atilayus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chelidonocephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Daopingia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Derikaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Eymekops ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Gangdeeria ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Grandioculus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Guankouia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hadraspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Heyelingella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Honanaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Honania ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hundwarella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Iranoleesia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Jiangsuia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	505 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Jiubaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Jiubaspis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Jixianella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Kutsingocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Lioparella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	513 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Luonanocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Manchuriella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Maotunia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	513 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Memmatella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Miaobanpoia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Plectrocrania ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Proacanthocephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Proasaphiscina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Proasaphiscus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		41	513 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Pseudanomocarina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Shanxiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Sudanomocarina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Szeaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	505 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Tankhella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Tengfengia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Trephina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Wolfartius ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Yujinia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Zhongtiaoshanaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Koptura aculeata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Koptura lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Koptura pachecoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudanomocarina plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Holanshaniidae Chang
1963	Tengfengiidae Chang
1963	Proasaphiscidae Zhang
1997	Proasaphiscidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2001	Tengfengiidae Lu and Zhu
2011	Proasaphiscidae Adrain p. 108

References

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

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Lu Y. H., Zhu Z. L. (2001) Trilobites from the Middle Cambrian Hsuchuangian stage of Zhangxia, Changqing county, Shandong province, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40 3, 279-293

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - 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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