Ptychometopus Schmidt 1894 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Parent taxon: Pharostomatidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Altiplanelaspis, Paivinia, Pharostomina, Thulincola

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Popovka River, near Pavlovsk, Mäeküla Member, Leetse Fm. (Ordovician of Russian Federation)

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