Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Synonym: Reedaspis Prantl and Pribyl 1949 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Raphiophoridae according to A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton 1980
See also Fortey 1975, Hintze 1953, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampyxina, Ellsaspis, Endymioniinae, Kanlingia, Lonchodomas, Malinaspis, Malongullia, Nambeetella, Nanshanaspis, Pseudampyxina, Raphioampyx, Raphiophorinae, Sinampyxina
Subtaxa: Raymondella elegans Raymondella macconochiei Raymondella nevadensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (8 collections), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (5: Maine, Nevada, Virginia)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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