Asaphus

Asaphus
Temporal range: upper Floian to Darriwilian
A. latus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Asaphus
Brongniart, 1822[1]
Type species
Entomostracites expansus[2]
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).[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brongiart, 1822 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jaanusson, 1956 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wahlenberg, 1818 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Martin Stein & Jan Bergström (2010). "Some lower Middle Ordovician species of Asaphus (Trilobita) from Sweden". GFF. 132 (2): 105–116. Bibcode:2010GFF...132..105S. doi:10.1080/11035897.2010.486478. S2CID 129705036.