Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parent taxon: Asaphus according to V. Jaanusson 1953
Sister taxa: Asaphus (Ampyx), Asaphus (Onchometopus), Asaphus (Platypeltis), Asaphus (Subasaphus), Asaphus auriculatus, Asaphus broeggeri, Asaphus caribouensis, Asaphus caudatus, Asaphus curiosa, Asaphus delfinus, Asaphus expansus, Asaphus gigas, Asaphus heckeri, Asaphus homfrayi, Asaphus knyrkoi, Asaphus striatus
Subtaxa: Asaphus (Asaphus) broggeri Asaphus (Asaphus) expansus Asaphus (Asaphus) fallax Asaphus (Asaphus) lepidurus Asaphus (Asaphus) raniceps Asaphus (Asaphus) vicarius
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Valaste of Sweden (7 collections)
• Langevoja of Sweden (4)
• Arenig of the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (42), Sweden (30)
Total: 85 collections including 86 occurrences