Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parent taxon: Ogygiocarinae according to C.D. Walcott 1916
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer 1954 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Maryvillia, Orria
Subtaxa: Asaphiscus (Blainia) Asaphiscus agatho Asaphiscus anaxis Asaphiscus calanus Asaphiscus duris Asaphiscus florus Asaphiscus glaber Asaphiscus iddingsi Asaphiscus laeviceps Asaphiscus minor Asaphiscus wheeleri
Type: Asaphiscus wheeleri
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of United States (6: Pennsylvania collections)
• Ordian of Australia (1)
• Delamaran of United States (1: Utah)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1), Canada (7: Newfoundland, Yukon), United States (16: Georgia, Idaho/ Utah, Utah, Virginia)
Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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