Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to J.-L. Henry 1980
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, Morgatia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Odontochile, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zlichovaspis
Subtaxa: Eudolatites Guichenia Retamaspis Zeliszkella
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (2), Morocco (3), Portugal (1), Spain (7)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (2)
• Liben of the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (9), France (9), Italy (1), Morocco (9), Portugal (2), Spain (12), Sweden (1)
Total: 61 collections including 68 occurrences