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, 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, Pseudokainella, Pugilator, Remopleuridiella, Remopleuridinae, Richardsonellidae, Robergiella, Scinocephalus, Sigmakainella, Sunocavia, Tramoria, Yosimuraspis
Subtaxa: Richardsonella convexa Richardsonella cristata Richardsonella elongata Richardsonella kainelliformis Richardsonella megalops Richardsonella unisulcata Richardsonella variagranula
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection)
• Tremadoc of Bolivia (1), Mexico (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (4), Canada (4: Quebec), China (4), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Vermont)
Total: 19 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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