Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Alternative spelling: Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis)
Synonym: Eodalmanitina Henry 1965
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to L. Hints et al. 2012
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastavinae, Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitina, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Morgatia, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Odontochile, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae, Zlichovaspis
Subtaxa: Mucronaspis (Songxites) Mucronaspis chillonensis Mucronaspis destombesi Mucronaspis ganabina Mucronaspis grandis Mucronaspis macrophtalma Mucronaspis olini
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of France (3 collections), Morocco (1), Portugal (7), Spain (12)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Canada (8: Québec), China (3), the Czech Republic (14), Estonia (12), France (12), Kazakhstan (3), Latvia (23), Malaysia (2), Morocco (6), New Zealand (1), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (15), Sweden (7), Thailand (1), Turkey (2), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 149 collections including 174 occurrences
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