Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Synonym: Bruxaspis Lamont 1978
Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to D. L. Bruton 1967
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acidaspis, Charybdaspis, Dalaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Funeralaspis, Kettneraspis, Leonaspis, Odontopleura, Primaspis, Radiaspis
Subtaxa: Anacaenaspis callipareos Anacaenaspis dealgach Anacaenaspis emarginata Anacaenaspis gotlandensis Anacaenaspis wrighti Anacaenaspis zedei
Type: Anacaenaspis gotlandensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jaani of Estonia (1 collection)
• Silurian of Argentina (4), Australia (1), Canada (9: Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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