Sphaerophthalmus Angelin 1854 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Synonyms: Ctenopyge (Eoctenopyge) Henningsmoen 1957, Eoctenopyge Henningsmoen 1957

Parent taxon: Leptoplastinae according to M. Høyberget and D. L. Bruton 2012

See also Henningsmoen 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Triangulopyge

Subtaxa: Ctenopyge (Eoctenopyge) angusta Ctenopyge (Eoctenopyge) modesta Sphaerophthalmus alatus Sphaerophthalmus angustus Sphaerophthalmus arcus Sphaerophthalmus drytonensis Sphaerophthalmus flagellifer Sphaerophthalmus modestus Sphaerophthalmus postcurrens

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian to Ordovician of Poland (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Norway (25), Poland (3), Sweden (8)

Total: 37 collections including 56 occurrences

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