Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Alternative combination: Asaphus thorntoni

Full reference: R. Etheridge. 1892. On a species of Asaphus from the Lower Silurian rocks of central Australia. South Australian Parliamentary Paper 1892 23:8-9

Belongs to Basilicus according to P. M. Smith and H. J. Allen 2023

See also Etheridge 1892

Sister taxa: Basilicus (Basiliella), Basilicus asper, Basilicus jinlini, Basilicus laeviculus, Basilicus mckeei, Basilicus tyrannus, Parabasilicus typicalis, Mekynophrys nanna

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 55 (= Loc. 11P). G306.1-74. Neeyamba Hill (Ordovician of Australia)

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