Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Parent taxon: Alsataspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Araiopleura, Clavatellus, Falanaspis, Gaoloupingia, Hapalopleuridae, Jegorovaia, Jegorovaiidae, Joshuaspis, Macharia, Orometopidae, Pagometopus, Palquiella, Rhadinopleura, Seleneceme, Skljarella, Spirantyx, Torifera, Yumenaspis, Zacompsus
Subtaxa: Orometopus notatifrons
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Billingen of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Morocco (1), Norway (3), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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