Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Parent taxon: Remopleurididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aktugaiella, Apatokephalina, Apatokephaloides, Apatokephalops, Apatokephalus, Artokephalus, Blosyropsis, Deanokephalus, Diplapatokephalus, Dislobosaspis, Elkanaspis, Eorobergia, Haniwa, Hastiremopleurides, Hexacopyge, Hypodicranotus, Ivshinaspis, Jiia, Kainella, Kainellidae, Lacorsalina, Lohanpopsis, Loshanella, Mendosina, Menoparia, Naustia, Oculeus, Praepatokephalus, Pseudokainella, Pugilator, Remopleuridiella, Remopleuridinae, Richardsonellidae, Robergiella, Scinocephalus, Sigmakainella, Sunocavia, Taishania, Yosimuraspis
Subtaxa: Richardsonella kainelliformis Richardsonella variagranula
Type: Dikelocephalus megalops
Ecology: nektobenthic deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1 collection), Canada (1: Newfoundland), Mexico (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (4), Canada (1: Quebec), China (4), United States (2: Alaska, Vermont)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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