Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to H. J. Harrington et al. 1959
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Neohedinaspis, Onychopyge, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Ceratopyge forficuloides Ceratopyge mareki
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (2 collections)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Norway (4), Sweden (1)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (5), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Norway (2), Spain (1), Sweden (3)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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