Asaphidae
Encyclopedia
Asaphidae is a family
of trilobite
s in the order Asaphida
, containing the following genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of trilobite
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
s in the order Asaphida
Asaphida
Asaphida is a large, morphologically diverse order of trilobite found in strata dated from the Middle Cambrian to the Silurian. The order contains six superfamilies , but no suborders...
, containing the following genera:
- Anataphrus
- Araiocaris
- Asaphellus
- AsaphusAsaphusAsaphus is a genus of Ordovician trilobites....
- Atopasaphus
- Aulacoparia
- Aulacoparina
- AustralopygeAustralopygeAustralopyge is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Baltiites
- Banqiaoites
- Basilicus
- Bellefontia
- Birmanitella
- Birmanites
- Bohemopyge
- BorogothusBorogothusBorogothus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Brachyaspis
- Branisaspis
- Burminresia
- Charabaia
- Chengkouella
- Dubovikites
- Ectenaspis
- Ekeraspis
- Emanuelaspis
- Emanuelina
- Eoasaphus
- Eoisotelus
- Erdelia
- Estoniites
- Fuyunia
- Gerasaphes
- Gog
- Gogiura
- Golasaphus
- GriphasaphusGriphasaphusGriphasaphus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period....
- Guohongjunia
- Hazarania
- Heraspis
- HoekaspisHoekaspisHoekaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Homalopyge
- Hunjiangites
- HunnebergiaHunnebergiaHunnebergia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Huochengia
- Iduia
- Isabelinia
- Isotella
- Isoteloides
- IsotelusIsotelusIsotelus is a genus of asaphid trilobite from the middle and upper Ordovician period, fairly common in the Northeastern United States, northwest Manitoba, southwestern Quebec and southeastern Ontario...
- Isyrakella
- Isyrakopeltis
- Kainisiliellina
- Kayseraspis
- Klabavia
- Kobayashia
- LachnostomaLachnostomaLachnostoma is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Lamanskytes
- LapidariaLapidaria (animal)Lapidaria is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Leningradites
- Liomegalaspides
- Lisogorites
- Liushuicephalus
- Lonchobasilicus
- Lycophron
- MegalaspidellaMegalaspidellais an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- MegalaspidesMegalaspidesis an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Megasaphus
- Megatemnoura
- Megistaspidella
- Megistaspis
- MerliniaMerliniaMerlinia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Metaptychopyge
- Metayuepingia
- Mioptychopyge
- Mischynogorites
- Nahannia
- NeoasaphusNeoasaphusNeoasaphus is a genus of trilobite from the Ordovician Period of Europe.-Sources:* The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event by Barry D. Webby, Florentin Paris, Mary L. Droser, and Ian G. Percival...
- Neopeltis
- Nerudaspis
- Nileoides
- Ningkianites
- Niobe
- Niobella
- Niobides
- Niobina
- Nobiliasaphus
- Norasaphites
- Norasaphus
- Norinia
- Notopeltis
- Ogmasaphus
- OgyginusOgyginusOgyginus is an extinct genus of Asaphida trilobite that lived during the Ordovician period. Commonly found in Wales.-External links:*...
- Ogygiocarella
- Ogygiocaris
- Ogygitella
- Ogygites
- Ogygitoides
- Onchometopus
- Parabellefontia
- Paramegalaspis
- Paramegistaspis
- ParaptychopygeParaptychopygeis an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Paratamdaspis
- Parayuepingia
- Penchiopsis
- Platyptychopyge
- Plectasaphus
- Plesiyuepingia
- Popovkiaspis
- Popovkites
- Praecoparia
- Presbynileus
- PriceaspisPriceaspisPriceaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Proasaphus
- Promegalaspides
- Protopresbynileus
- Protoptychopyge
- Proxiniobe
- Pseudoasaphinus
- Pseudoasaphoides
- Pseudoasaphus
- Pseudobasilicoides
- Pseudobasilicus
- Pseudobasiliella
- Pseudobasiloides
- Pseudogriphasaphus
- PseudogygitesPseudogygitesPseudogygites is an extinct genus of the class Trilobita from the Middle and Upper Ordovician.-Dimensions:Pseudogygites can reach in length and in width.-Description:...
- Pseudomegalaspis
- Pseudoptychopyge
- Pseudoptyocephalus
- Psilocephalina
- Psilocephalops
- Ptychopyge
- Ptyocephalus
- Rhinoferus
- Sanbernardaspis
- Shergoldina
- Stegnopsis
- StenorhachisStenorhachisStenorhachis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Suriaspis
- Tchukeraspis
- ThysanopygeThysanopygeThysanopyge is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Trigonocerca
- TrigonocercellaTrigonocercellaTrigonocercella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....
- Tsaidamaspis
- Valdaites
- Vogdesia
- Volchovites
- Xenasaphus
- Xenostegium
- Xinanocephalus
- Yuepingioides
- Zhenganites
- Zoraspis
- ZuninaspisZuninaspisZuninaspis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago....