Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Alternative spellings: Blainia, Blania
Full reference: C.D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 5. Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64:303-456
Parent taxon: Asaphiscus according to C.D. Walcott 1916
See also Allen and Lester 1954, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asaphiscus agatho, Asaphiscus anaxis, Asaphiscus calanus, Asaphiscus duris, Asaphiscus florus, Asaphiscus glaber, Asaphiscus iddingsi, Asaphiscus laeviceps, Asaphiscus minor, Asaphiscus wheeleri
Subtaxa: Asaphiscus (Blainia) glabra Asaphiscus (Blainia) gregarius Asaphiscus (Blainia) paula Blainia buttsi Blainia centerensis
Type: Asaphiscus (Blainia) gregarius
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of United States (2: Pennsylvania collections)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Newfoundland), United States (8: Georgia)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence