Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Alternative spelling: Asteropyge (Rhenops)
Parent taxon: Asteropyginae according to M. D. G. Carvalho and J. Moody 2000
See also Basse and Müller 2018, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alcaldops, Asteropyge, Bradocryphaeus, Destombesina, Dunopyge, Gandlops, Ganetops, Heliopyge, Jaylopygiella, Metacanthina, Minicryphaeus, Morzadecops, Pennarbedops, Platykardiapyge, Quadratispina, Radiopyge
Subtaxa: Rhenops hammerschmidti Rhenops odremani
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Venezuela (2 collections)
• Devonian of France (2), Morocco (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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