Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Alternative spelling: Asphelaspis
Synonyms: Clevelandella Resser 1938, Labiostria Palmer 1954, Proaulacopleura Kobayashi 1936
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46
Parent taxon: Aphelaspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Allen and Lester 1954 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphella, Apheloides, Dicanthopyge, Erixanium, Eugonocare, Kazakhius, Kobayashella, Listroa, Litocephalus, Maduiya, Nganasanella, Notoaphelaspis, Olenaspella, Olentella, Pseudeugonocare, Taenicephalites, Taenora, Tamaranella
Subtaxa: Aphelaspis arsoides Aphelaspis australis Aphelaspis brachyphasis Aphelaspis buttsi Aphelaspis camiro Aphelaspis constricta Aphelaspis granulata Aphelaspis haguei Aphelaspis inermis Aphelaspis longifrons Aphelaspis longispina Aphelaspis quadrata Aphelaspis spinosa Aphelaspis subditus Aphelaspis tarda Aphelaspis tumifrons Aphelaspis walcotti Labiostria conveximarginata Labiostria gibbae Labiostria sigmoidalis Labiostria westropi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (3), Canada (11: British Columbia, Yukon), China (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), United States (107: Alabama, Georgia, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, South Dakota , Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 128 collections including 149 occurrences
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