Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1954. Ordovician trilobites from Silliman's Fossil Mount. in A. K. Miller, W. Youngquist, and C. Collinson, Ordovician cephalopod fauna of Baffin Island, Geological Society of America Memoir 62:119-149
Parent taxon: Asaphidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asaphellus, Asaphinae, Atopasaphus, Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Basilicus, Bellefontia, Birmanites, Bohemopyge, Borogothus, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Burminresia, Ectenaspis, Emanuelaspis, Eoasaphus, Eoisotelus, Fuyunia, Gerasaphes, Gogiura, Griphasaphus, Guohongjunia, Homalopyge, Hunnebergia, Isabelinia, Isotelinae, Isyrakopeltis, Kainisiliellina, Kayseraspis, Klabavia, Kobayashia, Lachnostoma, Lisogorites, Lycophron, Merlinia, Metaptychopyge, Metayuepingia, Nahannia, Neopeltis, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Ningkianites, Niobides, Niobina, Niobinae, Nobiliasaphinae, Nobiliasaphus, Norasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogygiinae, Ogyginus, Ogygiocarinae, Ogygiocaris, Ogygites, Ogygitoides, Onchometopus, Parabellefontia, Paramegalaspis, Paratamdaspis, Penchiopsis, Plectasaphus, Popovkiaspis, Presbynileus, Priceaspis, Proasaphus, Promegalaspidinae, Proscharyia, Protopresbynileus, Protoptychopyge, Pseudasaphus, Pseudoasaphus, Pseudogriphasaphus, Pseudogygites, Pseudoptyocephalus, Psilocephalina, Ptychopyge, Ptychopyginae, Ptyocephalus, Sanbernardaspis, Stegnopsis, Stenorhachis, Suriaspis, Tchukeraspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Valdaites, Vogdesia, Xenasaphus, Xenostegium, Zhenganites, Zuninaspis
Subtaxa: Anataphrus borraeus Anataphrus kermiti Anataphrus martinensis Anataphrus megalophrys Anataphrus spurius
Type: Anataphrus borraeus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (2: California, Nevada collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (14: Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (24: California, Iowa, Nevada, Oklahoma)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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