Fordaspis Lochman 1956 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Parent taxon: Dorypygidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atdabanella, Basocephalus, Bonnaria, Bonnia, Bonniella, Bonnima, Bonniopsis, Dorypygina, Dorypyginae, Hicksia, Holteria, Holyoakia, Kooteniella, Kooteniellina, Liokootenia, Mengzia, Metakootenia, Ogygopsis, Olenoides, Olenoidestranans, Paraolenoides, Popigaia, Prokootenia, Protypus, Shipaiella, Strettonia, Tabatopygellina, Tolanaspis

Subtaxa: Fordaspis tumida

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (2 collections), United States (2: New York)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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