Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parent taxon: Asaphidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anataphrus, 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, Metaptychopyge, Metayuepingia, Nahannia, Neopeltis, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Ningkianites, Niobides, Niobina, Niobinae, Nobiliasaphinae, Nobiliasaphus, Norasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogygiinae, 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, Suriaspis, Tchukeraspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Valdaites, Vogdesia, Xenasaphus, Xenostegium, Zhenganites, Zuninaspis
Subtaxa: Ogyginus armoricanus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Portugal (1 collection)
• Volkhov of Argentina (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of France (2), Morocco (1), Peru (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Montana)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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