Eoptychaspis Nelson 1951 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alborsella, Changia, Eowuhuia, Euptychaspis, Idiomesus, Imlerella, Kathleenella, Keithia, Keithiella, Macronoda, Plectrella, Proricephalus, Ptychaspis, Saukioides, Sunwaptia, Wilcoxaspis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eoptychaspis in the database

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