†Opsidiscus Westergard 1949 (artiopod)
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Artiopoda - Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Synonym: Aulacodiscus Westergard 1946 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Eodiscidae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dawsonia, Eodiscus, Helepagetia, Kiskinella, Macannaia, Pagetia, Pagetides, Sinopagetia
Subtaxa: Opsidiscus bilobatus Opsidiscus haimantensis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), Greenland (2), India (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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