†Opsimasaphus Kielan 1960 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Parent taxon: Nobiliasaphinae according to C. Pålsson 1995
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhou and Dean 1986
Sister taxa: Liomegalaspides, Mioptychopyge
Subtaxa: Opsimasaphus jaanussoni Opsimasaphus radiatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Arenigian of China (4)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec), the Czech Republic (1), Iran (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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