Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae
Synonym: Pharostoma Hawle and Corda 1847
Parent taxon: Pharostomatidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Owen and Bruton 1980, Sepkoski 2002, Siveter 1977 and Warburg 1925
Sister taxa: Altiplanelaspis, Paivinia, Pharostomina, Ptychometopus, Thulincola
Subtaxa: Pharostoma foveolatum Pharostoma leptaenarum Pharostoma narinosum Pharostoma nieszkowskii Pharostoma obtusum Pharostoma rarum Prionocheilus foveolatum Prionocheilus mendax Prionocheilus obtusus Prionocheilus pulchra Prionocheilus verneuili
Type: Prionocheilus verneuili
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Czechia (2 collections), France (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (3), Spain (10)
• Liben of Czechia (7)
• Letna of Czechia (6)
• Arenig of France (1), Morocco (2), Spain (2)
• Ordovician of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (3), Czechia (16), Estonia (3), France (6), Ireland (3), Italy (7), Latvia (2), Morocco (3), Norway (18), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (17), Sweden (18), the United Kingdom (15)
Total: 159 collections including 167 occurrences
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