Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Parent taxon: Asteropyginae according to A. P. Van Viersen et al. 2019
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alcaldops, Bradocryphaeus, Destombesina, Dunopyge, Gandlops, Ganetops, Heliopyge, Jaylopygiella, Metacanthina, Minicryphaeus, Morzadecops, Pennarbedops, Platykardiapyge, Quadratispina, Radiopyge, Rhenops
Subtaxa: Asteropyge (Asteropyge) Asteropyge (Comura) Asteropyge comes Asteropyge lauchensis Asteropyge perforata Asteropyge plana Asteropyge punctata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), France (4), Germany (11), Morocco (4), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cambrian of China (2)
Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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