Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Synonym: Oculomagnus Lochman 1966
Parent taxon: Bathyurellinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Boyce 1989, Fortey 1979, Fortey and Droser 1999, Jell and Adrain 2002, Lochman 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurellus, Ceratopeltis, Chapmania, Chapmanopyge, Grinnellaspis, Harlandaspis, Licnocephala, Lutesvillia, Punka, Uromystrum
Subtaxa: Benthamaspis canadensis Benthamaspis conica Benthamaspis diminutiva Benthamaspis gibberula Benthamaspis mediacrista Benthamaspis onomeris Benthamaspis problematica Benthamaspis rhochmotis Benthamaspis sera Benthamaspis striata
Type: Benthamaspis problematica
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Greenland (1), United States (1: North Dakota)
• Ordovician of Canada (33: Alberta, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), Ireland (1), Norway (2), United States (43: Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah)
• Tremadoc of Canada (4: Alberta)
• Ibexian of United States (1: New York)
Total: 89 collections including 106 occurrences
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