Trilobita - 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 S. Peng et al. 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Öpik 1967, Pojeta et al. 1977 and Qian and Zhou 1984
Sister taxa: Adelogonus, Bergeronites, Blackwelderia, Blackwelderioides, 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 hunanensis
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), China (45), France (1), Kazakhstan (4), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 54 collections including 62 occurrences
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