Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Parent taxon: Raphiophorinae according to R. A. Fortey 1975
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampyx, Ampyxella, Ampyxinella, Ampyxoides, Bulbaspis, Cnemidopyge, Damghanampyx, Edmundsonia, Globampyx, Mendolaspis, Miaopopsis, Rhombampyx
Subtaxa: Raphiophorus lamasi Raphiophorus quadricostatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Algeria (1 collection), Austria (1), the Czech Republic (5), Italy (1), Morocco (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Arkansas)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Arenigian of Argentina (1)
• Ordovician of China (2), the Czech Republic (2), Poland (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Maine)
• Tremadoc of Colombia (1)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
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