Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Alternative spelling: Amphion (Asaphus)
Synonym: Schizophorus Balashova 1953
Parent taxon: Asaphinae according to A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton 1980
See also Henningsmoen 1960, Jell and Adrain 2002, M'Coy 1849, Sepkoski 2002 and Tjernvik and Johansson 1980
Sister taxa: Lonchobasilicus, Ogygitella, Pseudobasilicus, Pseudomegalaspis
Subtaxa: Asaphus (Ampyx) Asaphus (Asaphus) Asaphus (Neoasaphus) Asaphus (Onchometopus) Asaphus (Platypeltis) Asaphus (Subasaphus) Asaphus auriculatus Asaphus broeggeri Asaphus caribouensis Asaphus caudatus Asaphus curiosa Asaphus delfinus Asaphus expansus Asaphus gigas Asaphus heckeri Asaphus homfrayi Asaphus knyrkoi Asaphus striatus
Type: Entomostracites expansus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Belarus (2 collections), Latvia (1), Lithuania (2), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (9)
• Dobrotivian of Portugal (1)
• Hunderum of Sweden (3)
• Valaste of Sweden (7)
• Langevoja of Sweden (4)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), China (5), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Belarus (3), Canada (1: Manitoba), China (6), Estonia (6), Latvia (3), Lithuania (13), Norway (24), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (54), Sweden (74), the United Kingdom (1), Åland Islands (1)
Total: 228 collections including 258 occurrences
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