Bevanopsis Cooper 1953 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Full reference: B. N. Cooper. 1953. Trilobites from the Lower Champlainian formations of the Appalachian Valley. Geological Society of America Memoir 55:1-69

Parent taxon: Encrinuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Evitt and Tripp 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aegrotocatellus, Alwynulus, Anapliomerella, Atractocybeloides, Avalanchurus, Balizoma, Batocara, Celtencrinurus, Curriella, Cybelinae, Dayongia, Dindymeninae, Distyrax, Elsarella, Encrinurinae, Eodindymene, Langgonia, Lasaguaditas, Lyrapyge, Mackenziurus, Nucleurus, Paracybeloides, Parakailia, Perirehaedulus, Perryus, Plasiaspis, Prophysemataspis, Prostrix, Sinocybele, Staurocephalidae, Staurocephalinae, Stiktocybele, Struszia, Wallacia, Wuoaspis

Subtaxa: Bevanopsis buttsi Bevanopsis thor Bevanopsis ulrichi

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Type: Bevanopsis ulrichi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (5: Alabama, Virginia collections)

• Llandeilo of the United Kingdom (1)

• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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