Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Synonyms: Elankaspis Egorova 1976, Fatocephalus Duan and An 1982
Parent taxon: Remopleurididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell 1985 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aktugaiella, Apatokephalina, Apatokephaloides, Apatokephalops, Apatokephalus, Artokephalus, Blosyropsis, Brachypleura, Deanokephalus, Diplapatokephalus, Dislobosaspis, Eoapatokephalus, Eorobergia, Haniwa, Hastiremopleurides, Hexacopyge, Hukasawaia, Hypodicranotus, Ivshinaspis, Jiia, Kainella, Kainellidae, Lacorsalina, Lingukainella, Lohanpopsis, Loshanella, Mendosina, Menoparia, Naustia, Oculeus, Portentosus, Praepatokephalus, Proapatokephalops, Pugilator, Remopleuridiella, Remopleuridinae, Richardsonella, Richardsonellidae, Robergiella, Scinocephalus, Sigmakainella, Sunocavia, Tramoria, Yosimuraspis
Subtaxa: Fatocephalus hunanensis Pseudokainella armatus Pseudokainella keideli Pseudokainella lata Pseudokainella pustulosa
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (44), Australia (1), Bolivia (1), China (5), Colombia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Skullrockian of United States (7: Utah)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (2), China (5)
Total: 69 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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