Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Synonym: Raaschella Lochmann 1938
Parent taxon: Lonchocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amiaspis, Bolaspidellus, Calymenidius, Caulaspina, Caulaspis, Durinia, Hawkinsaspis, Interalia, Kuraspis, Kuraspoides, Lonchocephalus, Monosulcatina, Neoglaphyraspis, Neograciella, Nordia, Olegaspis, Pseudotalbotina, Quebecaspis, Raashellina, Talbotina, Terranovella, Trymataspis, Weeksina
Subtaxa: Glaphyraspis ornata Glaphyraspis ovata Glaphyraspis parva Glaphyraspis parviformis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (6: Yukon collections), Greenland (1), Kazakhstan (2), United States (41: Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 50 collections including 52 occurrences
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