Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: C. Callaway. 1877. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33(1-4):652-672
Parent taxon: Asaphus according to C. Callaway 1877
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Prantl and Pribyl 1949
Sister taxa: Asaphus (Ampyx), Asaphus (Asaphus), Asaphus (Onchometopus), 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: none
Type: Asaphus (Platypeltis) croftii
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asaphus (Platypeltis) in the database