Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Alternative spelling: Acidaspis (Dalaspis)
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and D. G. Perry. 1983. Silicified Silurian odontopleurid trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains. Palaeontographica Canadiana 1:1-55
Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 2004
See also Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991
Sister taxa: Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Charybdaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Funeralaspis, Kettneraspis, Leonaspis, Odontopleura, Primaspis, Radiaspis
Subtaxa: Dalaspis boltoni Dalaspis obsoleta Dalaspis pustulosa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (12: Northwest Territories, Quebec collections), United States (1: Arkansas)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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