Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Alternative combination: Raymondaspis vespertinus
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross and H. B. Barnes. 1967. Some Middle Ordovician Brachiopods and Trilobites from the Basin Ranges, Western United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 523-D:D1-D4
Belongs to Raymondaspis according to R. A. Fortey 1980
See also Ross and Barnes 1967
Sister taxa: Raymondaspis (Turgicephalus), Raymondaspis angelini, Raymondaspis ardmillanensis, Raymondaspis gregarius, Raymondaspis limbatus, Raymondaspis nitens, Raymondaspis pingpong, Raymondaspis planus, Raymondaspis reticulatus, Raymondaspis turgidus
Type specimen: USNM 145762, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (1 collection)
• Ordovician of United States (2: California, Nevada)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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