Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to J. M. Adrain and L. Ramskold 1997
See also Bruton 1967, Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Charybdaspis, Dalaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Funeralaspis, Kettneraspis, Leonaspis, Primaspis, Radiaspis
Subtaxa: Odontopleura (Odontopleura) Odontopleura (Sinespinaspis) Odontopleura ovata
Type: Odontopleura ovata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (1 collection)
• Whitwellian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (1), the Czech Republic (9), Poland (1), United States (2: Iowa, New York)
• Ordovician of United States (8: Indiana, Ohio, Virginia)
Total: 32 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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