Bellaspidella Rasetti 1945 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Parent taxon: Dokimocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alekcinella, Anemocephalus, Anuloides, Apachia, Bellaspis, Beothuckia, Burnetiella, Calocephalites, Chalfontia, Conaspis, Deckera, Dellea, Delleana, Didwudina, Dokimocephalus, Glyptometopsis, Glyptometopus, Iddingsia, Jingxiania, Kindbladia, Kiowaia, Kyphocephalus, Lorrettina, Obrucheviaspis, Pinctus, Pseudosaratogia, Ritella, Saimachia, Stittella, Sulcocephalus, Taenicephalina, Tatulaspis, Tchuostachia, Whittingtonella, Wilsonarella, Wuhuia

Subtaxa: Bellaspidella logani Bellaspidella parallela

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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