Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Synonyms: Dudleyaspis (Taemasaspis) Chatterton 1971, Primaspis (Taemasaspis) Chatterton 1971, Taemasaspis Chatterton 1971
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to H. B. Whittington 1956
See also Chatterton 1971, Feist and McNamara 2007, Jell and Adrain 2002, Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthalomina, Acidaspidinae, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Dicranurus, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Uriarra
Subtaxa: Dudleyaspis (Snoderaspis) Primaspis (Taemasaspis) bowningensis Primaspis (Taemasaspis) campbelli
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (7 collections)
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Canada (17: Northwest Territories), Czechia (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)
Total: 39 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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