Trilobita - Proetida - Rorringtoniidae
Synonyms: Analocaspis Owens 1970, Chenaspis Zhou and Xiang 1993, Zetaproetus Snajdr 1983
Parent taxon: Rorringtoniidae according to R. M. Owens 2004
See also Fortey 2006, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens 1970, Owens and Hammann 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hanjiangaspis, Pseudobirmanites, Rorringtoniinae, Solariproetus
Subtaxa: Rorringtonia flabelliformis Rorringtonia kennedyi Rorringtonia lenis Rorringtonia multisegmentata Rorringtonia scanica Rorringtonia ursina Rorringtonia vetula
Type: Rorringtonia flabelliformis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Sweden (1 collection)
• Ordovician of China (1), the Czech Republic (5), Norway (2), Spain (4), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
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