Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to H. B. Whittington 1956
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthalomina, Acidaspidinae, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Dudleyaspis, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra
Subtaxa: Dicranurus monstrosus Dicranurus oviformis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Czechia (10), Morocco (5), United States (2: Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (1)
• Ordovician of China (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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