Artiopoda - Proetida - Scharyiidae
Full reference: B.D.E. Chatterton, G. D. Edgecombe, B.G. Waisfeld and N.E. Vaccari. 1998. Ontogeny and systematics of Toernquistiidae (Trilobita, Proetida) from the Ordovician of the Argentine Precordillera. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):273-303
Parent taxon: Scharyiidae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2007
See also Chatterton et al. 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens and Fortey 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Niuchangella, Panarchaegonus, Scharyiinae
Subtaxa: Lasarchopyge benedettoi Lasarchopyge correae
Type: Lasarchopyge benedettoi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (7 collections), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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