Asaphus expansus

Asaphus expansus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Asaphoidea
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Asaphus
Species: A. expansus
Binomial name
Asaphus expansus

Asaphus expansus is the type species of the trilobite genus Asaphus. It was previously classified as Entomostracites expansus before being reclassified to Asaphus expansus.[1]

References

  1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1982). "Direction 111 - Entomostracites punctatus Wahlenberg (Trilobita) (Official List Of Specific Names No. 1595): Date To Be Cited As [1818]". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39.
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