Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Alternative combinations: Eteraspis laeviceps, Ptychoparia laeviceps

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298

Belongs to Asaphiscus according to A. R. Palmer 1954

See also Resser 1935 and Walcott 1884

Sister taxa: Asaphiscus (Blainia), Asaphiscus agatho, Asaphiscus anaxis, Asaphiscus calanus, Asaphiscus duris, Asaphiscus florus, Asaphiscus glaber, Asaphiscus iddingsi, Asaphiscus minor, Asaphiscus wheeleri

Type specimen: USNM 24614

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asaphiscus laeviceps in the database

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.