†Asaphus gigas Dekay 1824 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Alternative combination: Asaphus (Isotelus) gigas
Belongs to Asaphus according to Nicholson and Etheridge 1880
See also Bigsby 1868 and Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Asaphus (Ampyx), Asaphus (Asaphus), Asaphus (Neoasaphus), Asaphus (Onchometopus), Asaphus (Platypeltis), Asaphus (Subasaphus), Asaphus caribouensis, Asaphus caudatus, Asaphus curiosa, Asaphus expansus, Asaphus heckeri, Asaphus homfrayi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Inmost Island, Kinwow Bay, Lake Winnepeg (Ordovician of Manitoba)
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