Asaphellus

{{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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File:Asaphellus_fossil_from_Mila_formation,_Ordovician_period,_Damghan,_Iran_02.jpg

Asaphellus is an extinct genus of 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.{{GBIF |taxon=Asaphellus Callaway, 1877 |id=4635794 |access-date=2024-02-14}}{{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 }}{{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 }}