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†family Aglaspididae Miller 1877 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Aglaspidida - Aglaspididae

Parent taxon: Aglaspidida according to R. Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2017

See also Bergström 1968, Hesselbo 1992, Ortega-Hernandez et al. 2010, Ortega-Hernandez et al. 2013, Siveter et al. 2017 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxa: Angarocaris, Australaglaspis, Beckwithia, Chacharejocaris, Girardevia, Lemoneitidae, Obrutschewia, Rozhkovocaris, Strabopida, Tremaglaspididae, Paleomeridae, Beckwithiidae

Subtaxa: Aglaspella Aglaspis Aglaspoides Chraspedops Craspedops Glypharthrus Gogglops Hesselbonia Setaspis Tuboculops Uarthrus

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Type: Aglaspis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of China (2 collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), United States (6: Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin)

Total: 11 collections including 22 occurrences

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