Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Full reference: K. J. McNamara. 1980. Taxonomy and distribution of chasmopine trilobites. Geological Magazine 117(1):65-80

Parent taxon: Chasmopinae according to R. Ludvigsen and B. D. E. Chatterton 1982

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, McNamara 1980 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chasmops, Oculichasmops, Rollmops, Scopelochasmops, Toxochasmops, Uralops, Valdariops

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vollen Fm., Oslo region, Norway (Ordovician of Norway)

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