Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Alternative spelling: Otarion (Aulacopleura)
Synonyms: Arethusa Barrande 1846 [objective synonym], Arethusina Barrande 1846 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Aulacopleuridae according to Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou 2019
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Thomas and Owens 1978
Sister taxa: Aulacopleurinae, Coignops, Cyphaspides, Dixiphopyge, Malimanaspis, Maurotarion, Nitidocare, Songkania
Subtaxa: Aulacopleura (Aulacopleura) Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) Aulacopleura beyrichi Aulacopleura bohemica
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (4), the Czech Republic (8), Germany (1), Morocco (13)
• Silurian of Austria (1), Canada (9: Northwest Territories), China (1), the Czech Republic (14), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Uzbekistan (1)
• Arenigian of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (2), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 61 collections including 64 occurrences
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