Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parent taxon: Asaphus according to G. Henningsmoen 1960
Sister taxa: Asaphus (Ampyx), Asaphus (Asaphus), Asaphus (Onchometopus), Asaphus (Platypeltis), Asaphus (Subasaphus), Asaphus caribouensis, Asaphus caudatus, Asaphus curiosa, Asaphus expansus, Asaphus gigas, Asaphus heckeri, Asaphus homfrayi
Subtaxa: Asaphus (Neoasaphus) branconis Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabratus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) heintzi Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii Asaphus (Neoasaphus) laevissimus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) latus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) lepidus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ludibundus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) nieszkowskii Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ornatus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) pachyophthalmus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) robergii Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sulevi Asaphus (Neoasaphus) uplandicus
Type: Asaphus ludibundus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (3 collections), Sweden (9)
• Ordovician of Estonia (7), Finland (1), Latvia (2), Lithuania (2), Norway (19), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (29)
Total: 75 collections including 90 occurrences