Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Dean 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastavinae, Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Morgatia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Odontochile, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae, Zlichovaspis
Subtaxa: Dalmanitina (Dalmanitina) Dalmanitina (Eodalmanitina) Dalmanitina (Struveria) Dalmanitina socialis
Type: Phacops socialis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection), China (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Georgia, New York)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (3)
• Liben of the Czech Republic (1)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), China (38), the Czech Republic (11), France (8), Iran (6), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (6), Portugal (2), Spain (8), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Maine)
Total: 108 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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