Morgatia Hammann 1972 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Full reference: W. Hammann. 1972. Neue propare Trilobiten aus dem Ordovizium Spaniens. Senkenbergiana lethaea 53(5):371-381

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acastavinae, Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitina, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Odontochile, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae, Zlichovaspis

Subtaxa: Morgatia hupei Morgatia primitiva

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Type: Morgatia primitiva

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of France (5 collections), Morocco (2), Portugal (5), Spain (5)

• Llandeilo of France (1), Spain (4)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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