Orygmaspis Resser 1937 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Synonym: Bernia Frederickson 1949

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

See also Monti and Confalonieri 2019 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abdulinaspis, Apomodocia, Croixana, Kendallina, Minkella, Parabolinoides, Pedinocephalus, Pesaiella, Roksaspis, Stigmacephaloides, Taenicephalus

Subtaxa: Orygmaspis contracta Orygmaspis llanoensis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon collections), United States (42: Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 47 collections including 55 occurrences

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