†Salteria Thomson 1864 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Synonym: Erinnys Salter 1865 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Raphiophoridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Fortey 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1884
Sister taxa: Ampyxina, Ellsaspis, Endymioniinae, Kanlingia, Lonchodomas, Malinaspis, Malongullia, Nambeetella, Nanshanaspis, Pseudampyxina, Raphioampyx, Raphiophorinae, Raymondella, Sinampyxina
Subtaxa: Salteria primaeva
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3 collections), United States (3: Virginia)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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