Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Full reference: J. H. Bradley. 1930. The fauna of the Kimmswick limestone of Missouri and Illinois. Contributions from the Walker Museum, University of Chicago 2(6):219-290
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to J. H. Bradley 1930
Sister taxa: Cyphaspis agayuara, Cyphaspis bluhmi, Cyphaspis boninoi, Cyphaspis brevimarginatus, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus, Cyphaspis dabrowni, Cyphaspis eberhardiei, Cyphaspis eximia, Cyphaspis foumzguidensis, Cyphaspis hamidi, Cyphaspis heisingi, Cyphaspis heissae, Cyphaspis ihmadii, Cyphaspis juergenhollandi, Cyphaspis khraidensis, Cyphaspis kippingi, Cyphaspis lerougei, Cyphaspis maharchensis, Cyphaspis rommersheimensis, Cyphaspis slocomi, Cyphaspis smeenki, Cyphaspis tadachachtensis, Cyphaspis unguloides, Cyphaspis walteri
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Illinois, Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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