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, Ceratonurus, Dicranurus, Dudleyaspis, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Selenopeltis, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra
Subtaxa: Selenopeltoides nodulatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Arkansas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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