Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Synonym: Plethometopus Ulrich 1931
Parent taxon: Plethopeltidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arapahoia, Cherrycreekia, Exigua, Glaberaspis, Koldinia, Koldiniella, Kuljumbina, Leiocoryphe, Notaiella, Plethopeltides, Plethopeltoides, Poriplethopeltis, Pseudokoldinella, Samgonus, Semicyclocephalus, Stenopilus, Strotocephala, Tolstotchichaspis
Subtaxa: Plethometopus angustus Plethometopus armatus Plethometopus dubius Plethometopus laticeps Plethometopus obtusus Plethopeltis acutus Plethopeltis arbucklensis Plethopeltis levis Plethopeltis pulveris
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (5: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador), South Korea (1)
• Skullrockian of United States (2: Nevada, Texas)
• Cambrian of Canada (19: Alberta, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (31: Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin)
Total: 59 collections including 66 occurrences
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