Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae
Synonym: Americare Lochman and Hu 1960
Parent taxon: Asaphiscidae according to F. A. Sundberg 1994
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Blainiopsis, Blountiella, Blountina, Cinnella, Conoides, Dunderbergella, Edithiella, Emmrichellidae, Eoproetus, Erbenia, Eteraspis, Iniotoma, Kaninia, Kaniniella, Lioparia, Luyanhaoaspis, Luyanhaoia, Mindycrusta, Paraorlovia, Verkholenella
Subtaxa: Glyphaspis calenus Glyphaspis camma Glyphaspis capella Glyphaspis concavus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Delamaran of United States (21: Georgia, Montana, Nevada, Utah collections)
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Newfoundland), United States (10: Arizona, Montana, Tennessee, Wyoming)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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