Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parent taxon: Asaphinae according to G. Henningsmoen 1960
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asaphus, Lonchobasilicus, Ogygitella, Pseudomegalaspis
Subtaxa: Pseudobasilicus brachyrachis Pseudobasilicus fortis Pseudobasilicus kegelensis Pseudobasilicus kuckersiana Pseudobasilicus kuckersianus Pseudobasilicus lawrowi Pseudobasilicus nobilis
Type: Ptychopyge lawrowi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Sweden (2 collections)
• Arenig of China (7)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (9), China (2), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (26)
Total: 56 collections including 57 occurrences
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