Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Parent taxon: Raphiophoridae according to A. W. Owen and D. A. T. Harper 1982
See also Fortey 1975, Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981, Owen and Bruton 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampyxina, Ellsaspis, Endymioniinae, Kanlingia, Malinaspis, Malongullia, Nambeetella, Nanshanaspis, Pseudampyxina, Raphioampyx, Raphiophorinae, Raymondella, Sinampyxina
Subtaxa: Lonchodomas (Foliopyge) Lonchodomas carinatus Lonchodomas chaziensis Lonchodomas clavulus Lonchodomas coagmentatum Lonchodomas depressus Lonchodomas halli Lonchodomas normalis Lonchodomas paenepennatus Lonchodomas pennatus Lonchodomas politus Lonchodomas portlocki Lonchodomas punctatus Lonchodomas retrolatus Lonchodomas rostratus Lonchodomas sublaevis Lonchodomas suriensis Lonchodomas tenuis Lonchodomas tumidus Lonchodomas volborthi Lonchodomas yohi
Type: Ampyx rostratus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec collection)
• Ordovician of Argentina (5), Canada (20: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Northwest Terrorities, Quebec), China (23), the Czech Republic (3), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), the Netherlands (1), Norway (48), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (55), Sweden (40), the United Kingdom (39), United States (16: California, Maine, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia), Vietnam (1)
• Chazy of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (11: New York)
• Llandeilo of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (9), the United Kingdom (2)
• Whiterockian of Canada (10: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (18: Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Vermont)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), Bolivia (2), China (3), Sweden (1)
Total: 315 collections including 329 occurrences
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