Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Alternative spelling: Asaphus (Neoasaphus)
Synonyms: Multiasaphus Balashova 1976, Postasaphus Balashova 1976, Trematophorus Balashova 1953
Parent taxon: Asaphidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Bentley et al. 2006 and Henningsmoen 1960
Sister taxa: Anataphrus, Asaphellus, Asaphinae, Atopasaphus, Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Basilicus, Bellefontia, Birmanites, Bohemopyge, Borogothus, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Burminresia, Delphasaphus, Ectenaspis, Ekeraspis, Emanuelaspis, Eoasaphus, Eoisotelus, Fuyunia, Gerasaphes, Gogiura, Griphasaphus, Guohongjunia, Homalopyge, Hunnebergia, Isabelinia, Isotelinae, Isyrakopeltis, Kainisiliellina, Kayseraspis, Klabavia, Kobayashia, Lachnostoma, Lisogorites, Lycophron, Metaptychopyge, Metayuepingia, Nahannia, Neopeltis, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Ningkianites, Niobides, Niobina, Niobinae, Nobiliasaphinae, Nobiliasaphus, Norasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogygiinae, Ogyginus, Ogygiocaridinae, Ogygiocarinae, Ogygiocaris, Ogygites, Ogygitoides, Onchometopus, Parabellefontia, Paramegalaspis, Paratamdaspis, Penchiopsis, Plectasaphus, Popovkiaspis, Presbynileus, Priceaspis, Proasaphus, Promegalaspidinae, Proscharyia, Protopresbynileus, Protoptychopyge, Pseudasaphus, Pseudoasaphus, Pseudogriphasaphus, Pseudogygites, Pseudoptyocephalus, Psilocephalina, Ptychopyge, Ptychopyginae, Ptyocephalus, Sanbernardaspis, Stegnopsis, Stenorhachis, Subasaphus, Suriaspis, Tchukeraspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Valdaites, Vogdesia, Xenasaphus, Xenostegium, Zhenganites, Zuninaspis
Subtaxa: Asaphus (Neoasaphus) bottnicus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) branconis Asaphus (Neoasaphus) cornutus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabrata Asaphus (Neoasaphus) glabratus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) heintzi Asaphus (Neoasaphus) kowalewskii Asaphus (Neoasaphus) laevissimus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) latus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) lepidus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) nieszkowskii Asaphus (Neoasaphus) ornatus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) pachyophthalmus Asaphus (Neoasaphus) robergii Asaphus (Neoasaphus) sulevi Asaphus (Neoasaphus) uplandicus Neoasaphus ludibundus
Type: Asaphus ludibundus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of the Russian Federation (3 collections), Sweden (9)
• Ordovician of Estonia (7), Latvia (2), Lithuania (2), Norway (19), the Russian Federation (7), Sweden (29), Åland Islands (1)
Total: 79 collections including 100 occurrences
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