†Ampyxella Dean 1960 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Parent taxon: Raphiophorinae according to R. A. Fortey 1975
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampyx, Ampyxinella, Ampyxoides, Bulbaspis, Cnemidopyge, Damghanampyx, Edmundsonia, Globampyx, Mendolaspis, Miaopopsis, Raphiophorus, Rhombampyx
Subtaxa: Ampyxella aculeata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of China (3 collections), Norway (12), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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