Synonym: Asteraspis Kobayashi 1935 [objective synonym]
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46
Parent taxon: Llanoaspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amquia, Arcuolimbus, Genevievella, Llanoaspidella, Llanoaspis, Metisaspis, Nahannicephalus, Paracedaria, Sacha, Tagenarella
Subtaxa: Deiracephalus aster Deiracephalus buttsi Deiracephalus unicornis
Type: Acrocephalites aster
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (4: Yukon collections), United States (5: Alabama, Texas, Utah)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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