Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Synonym: Elegantaspis Ivshin 1962 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. Özdikmen. 2006. Nomenclatural changes for fourteen trilobites genera. Munis Entomology & Zoology 1:179-190
Parent taxon: Aphelaspididae according to H. Özdikmen 2006
See also Denison 1978, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphella, Aphelaspis, Apheloides, Dicanthopyge, Erixanium, Eugonocare, Kobayashella, Listroa, Litocephalus, Maduiya, Nganasanella, Notoaphelaspis, Olenaspella, Olentella, Pseudeugonocare, Taenicephalites, Taenora, Tamaranella
Subtaxa: Elegantaspis montis Elegantaspis reticornis Kazakhius elegantulus
Type: Elegantaspis elegantula
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Spain (1 collection), Turkey (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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