Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Alternative spelling: Asaphus (Basilicus)
Synonyms: Carinobasiliella Pribyl and Vanek 1980, Dolerobasilicus Harrington and Leanza 1942, Mekynophrys Harrington 1938, Parabasilicus Kobayashi 1934
Parent taxon: Asaphidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, M'Coy 1849 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anataphrus, Asaphellus, Asaphinae, Atopasaphus, Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Bellefontia, Birmanites, Bohemopyge, Borogothus, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Burminresia, Delphasaphus, Ectenaspis, Ekeraspis, Emanuelaspis, Eoasaphus, Eoisotelus, Fuyunia, Gerasaphes, Gogiura, Griphasaphus, Guohongjunia, Homalopyge, Hunnebergia, Isabelinia, Isotelinae, Isyrakopeltis, Kainisiliellina, Kayseraspis, Klabavia, Kobayashia, Lachnostoma, Lisogorites, Lycophron, Metaptychopyge, Metayuepingia, Nahannia, Neoasaphus, Neopeltis, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Ningkianites, Niobides, Niobina, Niobinae, Nobiliasaphinae, Nobiliasaphus, Norasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogygiinae, Ogyginus, Ogygiocaridinae, 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, Subasaphus, Suriaspis, Tchukeraspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Valdaites, Vogdesia, Xenasaphus, Xenostegium, Zhenganites, Zuninaspis
Subtaxa: Basilicus (Basiliella) Basilicus asper Basilicus jinlini Basilicus laeviculus Basilicus mckeei Basilicus thorntoni Basilicus tyrannus Mekynophrys nanna Parabasilicus typicalis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of France (1 collection), Portugal (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (5: Quebec), United States (12: New York)
• Whiterockian of China (4), United States (7: Nevada, New York, Vermont)
• Klabava of France (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), China (5), France (1), Morocco (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (35), Australia (5), Bolivia (1), China (32), Colombia (1), France (1), Morocco (3), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (70), United States (11: Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York)
Total: 205 collections including 213 occurrences
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