†family Calmoniidae Delo 1935 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calmoniidae

Parent taxon: Acastoidea according to J. M. Adrain 2011

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxon: Acastidae

Subtaxa: Anchiopella Andinacaste Australoacaste Australops Bouleia Calmonia Chiarumanipyge Clarkeaspis Colombianaspis Cryphaeoides Deltacephalaspis Eldredgeia Hadrorachus Jujuyops Kozlowskiaspis Malvinella Malvinocooperella Metacryphaeus Oosthuizenella Palpebrops Parabouleia Paracalmonia Pennaia Phacopina Plesioconvexa Plesiomalvinella Probolops Punillaspis Renniella Schizostylus Tarijactinoides Tibagya Typhloniscus Vogesina Wolfartaspis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Bolivia (8 collections), Brazil (30), Colombia (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1), South Africa (17), United States (1: Kentucky), Uruguay (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1)

• Silurian of Argentina (3), Bolivia (1), Paraguay (2)

Total: 67 collections including 160 occurrences

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