Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthalomina, Acidaspidinae, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Chlustinia, Dicranurus, Dudleyaspis, Eoleonaspis, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Proceratocephala, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (7 collections), Morocco (3), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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