Asaphus heckeri Ivantsov 2000 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Full reference: A. Y. Ivantsov. 2000. New taxa of asaphid trilobites (Ptychopariida: Asaphinae) from the Ordovician of Leningrad region. Paleontological Journal 34:411-418

Belongs to Asaphus according to A. Y. Ivantsov 2000

Sister taxa: Asaphus (Ampyx), Asaphus (Asaphus), Asaphus (Neoasaphus), Asaphus (Onchometopus), Asaphus (Platypeltis), Asaphus (Subasaphus), Asaphus caribouensis, Asaphus caudatus, Asaphus curiosa, Asaphus expansus, Asaphus gigas, Asaphus homfrayi

Type specimen: PIN no4330-48, an exoskeleton.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asaphus heckeri in the database

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