Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Alternative spelling: Phacops (Odontochile)
Synonym: Hausmannia Hall and Clark 1888 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also M'Coy 1849 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, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae, Zlichovaspis
Subtaxa: Odontochile (Erbenochile) Odontochile cristata Odontochile hausmani
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (3 collections), Australia (5), Bolivia (2), Canada (1: Ontario), the Czech Republic (13), France (1), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (9), Spain (2), United States (6: New York, Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Bolivia (1), China (1)
Total: 54 collections including 69 occurrences
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