Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Parent taxon: Raphiophoridae according to A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton 1980
See also Fortey 1975, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ellsaspis, Endymioniinae, Kanlingia, Lonchodomas, Malinaspis, Malongullia, Nambeetella, Nanshanaspis, Pseudampyxina, Raphioampyx, Raphiophorinae, Raymondella, Sinampyxina
Subtaxa: Ampyxina bellatula Ampyxina lanceola Ampyxina powelli
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of Norway (1 collection)
• Arenigian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (4), Ireland (1), Norway (9), the United Kingdom (6), United States (10: Idaho, Nevada, Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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