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†family Asaphiscidae Raymond 1924 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Asaphiscidae

Parent taxon: Olenida according to J. M. Adrain 2011

See also Paterson and Laurie 2004, Sundberg 1994 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Andrarinidae, Aphelaspidae, Cedariidae, Dokimokephalidae, Eulomidae, Idahoiidae, Loganellidae, Olenidae, Parabolinoididae, Pterocephaliidae

Subtaxa: Blainiopsis Blountiella Blountina Cinnella Conoides Dunderbergella Edithiella Emmrichellidae Eoproetus Erbenia Eteraspis Glyphaspis Iniotoma Kaninia Kaniniella Lioparia Luyanhaoaspis Luyanhaoia Mindycrusta Paraorlovia Verkholenella

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (5 collections)

• Cambrian of Australia (2), Canada (11: Alberta, Newfoundland), China (15), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (7), United States (47: Arizona, Georgia, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 88 collections including 94 occurrences

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