# Asaphellus

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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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| fossil_range = {{Fossil Range|Sandbian|Hirnantian}}
| image = Asaphellus fossil from Mila formation, Ordovician period, Damghan, Iran 01.jpg
| image_caption = ''Asaphellus'' fossil from Mila formation, Ordovician period, Damghan, Iran
| taxon = Asaphellus
| authority = Callaway ,1877
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thumb|''Asaphellus'' fossil from Mila formation, Ordovician period, Damghan, Iran

'''''Asaphellus''''' is an extinct genus of [trilobites](/source/trilobites) reported from the Ordovician. It is seen in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, America, Algeria, Iran, Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden and China.<ref>{{GBIF |taxon=''Asaphellus'' Callaway, 1877 |id=4635794 |access-date=2024-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tortello |first=M. Franco |last2=Esteban |first2=Susana B. |date=September 2016 |title=Early Ordovician trilobites from the Iruya area (Cordillera Oriental, northwestern Argentina) and their stratigraphic significance |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-paleontology/article/abs/early-ordovician-trilobites-from-the-iruya-area-cordillera-oriental-northwestern-argentina-and-their-stratigraphic-significance/3BC1FDB70C33EEAFC47D2745628FA2CD |journal=Journal of Paleontology |language=en |volume=90 |issue=5 |pages=923–958 |doi=10.1017/jpa.2016.104 |issn=0022-3360|hdl=11336/55140 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=Patrick M. |last2=Allen |first2=Heidi J. |date=2023-07-03 |title=Early Ordovician trilobites from Barnicarndy 1 stratigraphic well of the southern Canning Basin, Western Australia |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2023.2226194 |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=234–291 |doi=10.1080/03115518.2023.2226194 |issn=0311-5518|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1877
Category:Asaphida genera
Category:Ordovician trilobites
Category:Late Ordovician extinctions
Category:Asaphidae

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