Kosovopeltis Snajdr 1958 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Synonym: Heptabronteus Webby 1974

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alceste, Altaepeltis, Ancyropyge, Arctipeltis, Australoscutellum, Avascutellum, Bojoscutellum, Boreoscutellum, Breviscutellum, Bubupeltina, Bumastinae, Cekovia, Ciliscutellum, Cornuscutellum, Craigheadia, Cybantyx, Decoroscutellum, Delgadoa, Dentaloscutellum, Dulanaspis, Ekwanoscutellum, Eoscutellum, Exastipyx, Failleana, Goldillaenoides, Goldillaenus, Hidascutellum, Illaenoides, Kirkdomina, Kobayashipeltis, Kolihapeltis, Kotysopeltis, Lamproscutellum, Leioscutellum, Ligiscus, Liolalax, Meitanillaenus, Metascutellum, Microscutellum, Mulciberaspis, Octobronteus, Paracybantyx, Paralejurus, Paraphillipsinella, Perischoclonus, Phillipsinella, Planiscutellum, Platyscutellum, Poroscutellum, Promago, Protostygina, Pseudostygina, Quyuania, Radioscutellum, Raymondaspis, Rhaxeros, Sangzhiscutellum, Scabriscutellum, Scutelluidae, Scutelluinae, Scutellum, Spiniscutellum, Stygininae, Tenuipeltis, Theamataspis, Thomastus, Thysanopeltella, Unicapeltis, Uraloscutellum, Waisfeldaspis, Weberopeltis, Xyoeax

Subtaxa: Kosovopeltis allaarti Kosovopeltis andersoni Kosovopeltis angusticostata Kosovopeltis cunctata Kosovopeltis insularis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (5 collections)

• Silurian of Algeria (1), Australia (3), Canada (6: Quebec, Yukon Territory), China (4), the Czech Republic (9), Greenland (2), Japan (1), Morocco (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (12: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)

• Ordovician of Australia (3), China (2)

Total: 58 collections including 62 occurrences

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