Artiopoda - Phacopida - Calmoniidae
Parent taxon: Calmoniidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anchiopella, Andinacaste, Australoacaste, Australops, Bouleia, Calmonia, Chiarumanipyge, Clarkeaspis, Colombianaspis, Cryphaeoides, Deltacephalaspis, Eldredgeia, Hadrorachus, Jujuyops, Kozlowskiaspis, Malvinella, Malvinocooperella, Oosthuizenella, Palpebrops, Parabouleia, Paracalmonia, Pennaia, Phacopina, Plesioconvexa, Plesiomalvinella, Probolops, Punillaspis, Renniella, Schizostylus, Tarijactinoides, Tibagya, Typhloniscus, Vogesina, Wolfartaspis
Subtaxa: Metacryphaeus (Metacryphaeus) Metacryphaeus kegeli Metacryphaeus meloi Metacryphaeus tuberculatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Bolivia (3 collections), Brazil (25), South Africa (12), Uruguay (1)
Total: 41 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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