Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Synonym: Borthaspis Stubblefield 1951 [objective synonym]

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aocaspis, Barrandia, Berkutaspis, Borthaspidella, Bumastides, Elongatanileus, Homalopteon, Illaenopsis, Kodymaspis, Lakaspis, Neopsilocephalina, Nileidae stenorhachis, Nileus, Parabarrandia, Paraperaspis, Peraspis, Petrbokia, Platypeltoides, Poronileus, Shenjiawania, Symphysurina, Symphysurus, Varvia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dol-cyn-afon fauna, North Wales, UK ( of the United Kingdom)

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