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Asaphus
Taxonomy
Asaphus was named by Brongniart (1822) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Cara].
It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Sister genera
Anataphrus, Araiocaris, Asaphellus (syn. Asaphoon, Plesiomegalaspis), Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Basilicus (syn. Mekynophrys, Parabasilicus), Bellefontia, Birmanites (syn. Opsimasaphus), Bohemopyge, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Ekeraspis, Eoisotelus, Fuyunia, Gerasaphes, Griphasaphus, Guohongjunia, Hemigyraspis, Homotelus, Hunnebergia, Isabelinia, Isoteloides, Isotelus, Kayseraspis, Klabavia, Kobayashia, Lachnostoma, Lapidaria, Liomegalaspides, Lisogorites (syn. Tangyaia), Megalaspidella, Megalaspides, Megistaspis (syn. Megalaspis), Merlinia, Nahannia, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Niobe, Niobella, Niobides, Niobina, Nobiliasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogyginus, Ogygiocarella, Ogygiocaris, Ogygites, Ogygitoides, Onchometopus, Parabellefontia, Paramegalaspis, Paratamdaspis, Penchiopsis, Plectasaphus, Presbynileus (syn. Paranileus), Promegalaspides, Protopresbynileus (syn. Pseudonileus), Pseudoasaphus, Pseudobasilicus, Pseudogriphasaphus, Pseudogygites, Pseudomegalaspis, Psilocephalina, Ptychopyge, Ptyocephalus, Sanbernardaspis, Schizophorus, Stegnopsis, Stenorhachis, Suriaspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Vogdesia, Xenostegium, Zhenganites (syn. Eosoptychopyge), Zuninaspis
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1822 | Asaphus Brongniart |
| 2002 | Asaphus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Asaphus Jell and Adrain p. 345 |
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