Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Dean 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitinae, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kasachstania, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Morgatia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae
Subtaxa: Dalmanitina (Dalmanitina) Dalmanitina (Eodalmanitina) Dalmanitina (Struveria) Dalmanitina socialis
Type: Phacops socialis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (1 collection), China (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Georgia, New York)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (3)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), China (38), Czechia (8), France (8), Iran (6), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (6), Portugal (2), Spain (8), Türkiye (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Maine)
Total: 103 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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