Ascetopeltis Owens 1973

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Alternative spellings: Acetopeltis, Ascopeltis

Full reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181

Parent taxon: Tropidocoryphidae according to H. Parnäste et al. 2009

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Keulen and Rhebergen 2017, Owen 1981, Owens 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bojocoryphe, Centriproetus, Constantina, Dalarnepeltis, Dipharangus, Erbenicoryphe, Eremiproetinae, Galbertianus, Lodenicia, Miriproetus, Perakaspis, Platyantyx, Pribylia, Pteropariinae, Rabuloproetus, Ranunculoproetus, Richteraspis, Rokycanocoryphe, Stenoblepharum, Tropicoryphe, Tropidocoryphinae

Subtaxa: Ascetopeltis barkingensis Ascetopeltis bockeliei Ascetopeltis lepta

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Type: Ascetopeltis bockeliei

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Netherlands (1 collection), Norway (5), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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