Asaphus

Asaphus
Temporal range:
A. latus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Asaphidae
Genus: †Asaphus
Brongniart, 1822
Type species
Entomostracites expansus
Wahlenberg, [1818]
Species
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Asaphus (/ˈæsæfʌs/) is a genus of trilobites that is known from the Lower (upper Arenig) and Middle Ordovician of northwestern Europe (Sweden, Estonia, Saint Petersburg Area).