Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae
Alternative spellings: Bergeronites (Palaeadotes), Palaeodotes
Full reference: A. A. Öpik. 1967. The Mindyallan fauna of north-western Queensland. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 74:1-571
Parent taxon: Damesellidae according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Öpik 1967, Peng et al. 2004, Pojeta et al. 1977 and Qian and Zhou 1984
Sister taxa: Adelogonus, Bergeronites, Blackwelderia, Blackwelderioides, Carrosella, Cyrtoprora, Damesella, Damesops, Dipentaspis, Dipyrgotes, Dipyrogotes, Guancenshania, Hercantyx, Histiomona, Karslanus, Kiyakius, Liuheaspis, Meringaspis, Metashantungia, Neodrepanura, Parablackwelderia, Paradamesella, Pingquania, Protaitzehoia, Shantungia, Stephanocare, Taihangshaniashania, Taitzehoia, Teinistion
Subtaxa: Bergeronites (Palaeadotes) obtusa Palaeadotes acutisulcatus Palaeadotes angustus Palaeadotes bella Palaeadotes dissidens Palaeadotes hunanensis
Type: Bergeronites hunanensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), China (45), France (1), Kazakhstan (6), the Russian Federation (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 57 collections including 65 occurrences
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