Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Synonyms: Amphoton (Sunia) Kobayashi 1942, Amphotonella Kobayashi 1942, Eurodeois Opik 1982, Horonastes Oepik 1982, Sunia Kobayashi 1942
Parent taxon: Dolichometopidae according to S. Peng et al. 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Smith et al. 2015 and Wolfart 1994
Sister taxa: Aegunaspis, Anoria, Asperocare, Athabaskia, Athabaskiella, Atypicus, Basanellus, Bathyuriscidella, Bathyuriscus, Borovikovia, Centonella, Chilometopus, Chilonorria, Clavaspidella, Corynexochides, Deiradonyx, Dolichometopsis, Dolichometopus, Drozdoviella, Eobathyuriscus, Ezhuangia, Fuchouia, Glossopleura, Guraspis, Hemirhodon, Hoffetella, Itydeois, Kannoriella, Klotziella, Mendospidella, Neopoliellina, Parapoliella, Poliella, Poliellaites, Poliellaspis, Poliellina, Politinella, Polypleuraspis, Prosymphysurus, Ptarmigania, Saimixiella, Sestrostega, Shanghaia, Sinijanella, Undillia, Wenkchemnia, Zhenpingaspis
Subtaxa: Amphoton (Pseudamphoton) Amphoton alceste Amphoton deois Amphoton oatesi Amphoton typicum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (2 collections), Australia (2), China (11)
Total: 15 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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