Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Synonym: Elbaspis Baldis and Blasco 1973
Parent taxon: Miraspidinae according to A. W. Owen 1981
See also Bruton 1966, Bruton 1967, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen and Bruton 1980, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1956
Sister taxa: Ceratocephala, Whittingtonia
Subtaxa: Miraspis cardiolarum Miraspis cornuta Miraspis mira Miraspis solbergensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (8 collections), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Arkansas)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (2), Ireland (4), Norway (4), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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