Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Synonyms: Eosoptychoparia Zhang 1963, Eosoptychopyge Zhang 1981
Parent taxon: Asaphidae according to Z. Zhou et al. 1998
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anataphrus, Asaphellus, Asaphinae, Atopasaphus, Aulacoparia, Australopyge, Basilicus, Bellefontia, Birmanites, Bohemopyge, Borogothus, Brachyaspis, Branisaspis, Burminresia, Ectenaspis, Emanuelaspis, Eoasaphus, Eoisotelus, Fuyunia, Gerasaphes, Gogiura, Griphasaphus, Guohongjunia, Homalopyge, Hunnebergia, Isabelinia, Isotelinae, Isyrakopeltis, Kainisiliellina, Kayseraspis, Klabavia, Kobayashia, Lachnostoma, Lisogorites, Lycophron, Merlinia, Metaptychopyge, Metayuepingia, Nahannia, Neopeltis, Nerudaspis, Nileoides, Ningkianites, Niobides, Niobina, Niobinae, Nobiliasaphinae, Nobiliasaphus, Norasaphus, Norinia, Ogmasaphus, Ogygiinae, Ogyginus, Ogygiocarinae, Ogygiocaris, Ogygites, Ogygitoides, Onchometopus, Parabellefontia, Paramegalaspis, Paratamdaspis, Penchiopsis, Plectasaphus, Popovkiaspis, Presbynileus, Priceaspis, Proasaphus, Promegalaspidinae, Proscharyia, Protopresbynileus, Protoptychopyge, Pseudasaphus, Pseudoasaphus, Pseudogriphasaphus, Pseudogygites, Pseudoptyocephalus, Psilocephalina, Ptychopyge, Ptychopyginae, Ptyocephalus, Sanbernardaspis, Stegnopsis, Stenorhachis, Suriaspis, Tchukeraspis, Thysanopyge, Trigonocerca, Trigonocercella, Valdaites, Vogdesia, Xenasaphus, Xenostegium, Zuninaspis
Subtaxa: Eosoptychoparia conica Eosoptychoparia intermedia Zhenganites xinjiangensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (3 collections)
• Ordovician of China (5)
• Cambrian of China (2), India (4)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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