Asaphida

Asaphopsoides sp.

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Remopleuridioidea / Family Hungaiidae

Floian (Early Ordovician)Hunan

Asaphopsoides sp. — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Longitudinally compressed complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Pengcheng Jianke) (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi)

Asaphopsoides sp. — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Longitudinally compressed complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Pengcheng Jianke) (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi)

Asaphopsoides sp. — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Longitudinally compressed complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Pengcheng Jianke) (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi)

Asaphopsoides sp. — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Longitudinally compressed complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi) Complete dorsal exoskeleton Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Hunan; Pengcheng Jianke) (Hunan; Shamou Zhizi)

Classification

Order Asaphida / Superfamily Remopleuridioidea / Family Hungaiidae

Genus

Asaphopsoides Hupé, 1955

Genus author

Hupé P.

Genus etymology

asaphops, Asaphopsis, a trilobite genus name; -oides, resembling, similar to

Species

Asaphopsoides sp.

Species author

Species etymology

Age

Floian (Early Ordovician)

Distribution

Hunan

Diagnosis

Similar to Asaphopsoides yongshunensis, with the main differences: the dorsal surface is covered with small nodes, the cephalon is longitudinally longer, the cranidium and glabella are longer, and the librigenal genal spines are relatively short, with a straighter border between the two lateral pygidial spines.