Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to J. M. Adrain and L. Ramskold 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1956
Sister taxa: Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Charybdaspis, Dalaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Funeralaspis, Leonaspis, Odontopleura, Primaspis, Radiaspis
Subtaxa: Kettneraspis angelini Kettneraspis aracana Kettneraspis arkansana Kettneraspis bayarti Kettneraspis callicera Kettneraspis coalescens Kettneraspis copelandi Kettneraspis derelicta Kettneraspis elliptica Kettneraspis pigra Kettneraspis prescheri Kettneraspis ramskoeldi Kettneraspis reetae Kettneraspis wrightae
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Colombia (2), the Czech Republic (12), Germany (7), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Oklahoma, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Argentina (1), Canada (31: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Arkansas)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec)
Total: 74 collections including 81 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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