Trilobita - 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 brachyphasis Aphelaspis buttsi Aphelaspis constricta Aphelaspis granulata Aphelaspis longifrons Aphelaspis longispina Aphelaspis spinosa Aphelaspis subditus 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 (1), Canada (11: British Columbia, Yukon), China (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), United States (94: Alabama, Georgia, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 112 collections including 130 occurrences
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