Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Synonym: Brachyampyx Forbes 1849 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. W. Dalman. 1827. Om Palæaderna eller de så kallade Trilobiterna. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1827:1-78
Parent taxon: Raphiophorinae according to R. A. Fortey 1975
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Ampyxella, Ampyxinella, Ampyxoides, Bulbaspis, Cnemidopyge, Damghanampyx, Edmundsonia, Globampyx, Mendolaspis, Miaopopsis, Raphiophorus, Rhombampyx
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Italy (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
• Uhaku of Sweden (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories)
• Whiterockian of Norway (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Volkhov of Latvia (1)
• Langevoja of Sweden (7)
• Valaste of Sweden (3)
• Hunderum of Sweden (2)
• Arenig of Argentina (7), Bolivia (1), Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (6), France (2), Morocco (1), Norway (3), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Nevada)
• Arenigian of China (1)
• Klabava of France (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (5), Australia (6), Canada (5: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (22), Estonia (1), France (2), Iran (1), Ireland (18), Morocco (12), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (30), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (19), United States (31: California, Maine, Nevada, Tennessee, Virginia)
• Ibexian of Norway (1)
Total: 219 collections including 222 occurrences
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