Orygmaspis Resser 1937 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) Orygmaspis contracta

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (9: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon collections), United States (37: Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 46 collections including 55 occurrences

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