Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Alternative spelling: Asaphus (Basilicus)
Synonyms: Carinobasiliella Pribyl and Vanek 1980, Dolerobasilicus Harrington and Leanza 1942, Mekynophrys Harrington 1938, Parabasilicus Kobayashi 1934
Parent taxon: Asaphidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, M'Coy 1849 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anataphrus, Asaphellus, Asaphinae, Atopasaphus, Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Bellefontia, Birmanites, Bohemopyge, Borogothus, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Burminresia, Ectenaspis, 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, Suriaspis, Tchukeraspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Valdaites, Vogdesia, Xenasaphus, Xenostegium, Zhenganites, Zuninaspis
Subtaxa: Basilicus (Basiliella) Basilicus asper Basilicus jinlini Basilicus laeviculus Basilicus mckeei Basilicus tyrannus Mekynophrys nanna Parabasilicus typicalis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of France (1 collection), Portugal (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (5: Quebec), United States (3: New York)
• Whiterockian of China (4), United States (7: Nevada, New York, Vermont)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Dawan of China (1)
• Klabava of France (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), China (5), France (1), Morocco (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (9), Australia (4), China (29), Morocco (3), North Korea (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (70), United States (11: Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Minnesota, New York)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (26), Bolivia (1), China (3), Colombia (1)
Total: 195 collections including 202 occurrences
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