Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae
Synonym: Orodes Geyer 1990 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. Özdikmen. 2009. Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera. Munis Entomology & Zoology 4:155-171
Parent taxon: Ellipsocephalidae according to H. Özdikmen 2009
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acadolenus, Alueva, Antatlasiinae, Argunaspis, Asiatella, Bergeroniaspis, Bergeroniellus, Bhargavia, Blayacina, Brevitermierella, Cambrunicornia, Catadoxides, Culmenaspis, Ellipsocephalinae, Glabrella, Hamatolenus, Issafeniella, Kadyella, Kameschkoviella, Kijanella, Kingaspis, Krolina, Kymataspis, Latikingaspis, Latoucheia, Latuzella, Lermontovia, Limataceps, Mohicana, Nelegeria, Olekmaspis, Ourikaia, Paramicmacca, Paraprotolenella, Planolimbus, Protagraulos, Protolenella, Protoleninae, Pruvostinoides, Pseudokadyella, Pseudolenus, Pseudoprotolenella, Ptychoparopsis, Rinconia, Sailycaspis, Sectigena, Strenuaevinae, Strenuella, Tadakoustia, Termieraspis, Termierella, Thoralaspis, Triangulaspis, Yeshanaspis
Subtaxa: Geyerorodes howleyi Geyerorodes schmitti
Type: Orodes schmitti
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Manuel’s Brook, Conception Bay (Cambrian of Newfoundland and Labrador)
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