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Asaphoidea ✝
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphoidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 608 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 441 - 433 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Asaphida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Asaphida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton. 2013. Lower Ordovician trilobites of the Kirtonryggen Formation, Spitsbergen. Fossils and Strata 59:1-116 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Asaphidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4,211 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
Ceratopygidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 650 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Remopleurididae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,131 | 505 Ma Cambrian | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1864 | Asaphoidea Salter |
2011 | Asaphoidea Adrain p. 107 |
2013 | Asaphoidea Fortey and Bruton |
References
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!