Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Synonyms: Branisella Pribyl and Vanek 1981, Otarion (Tricornotarion) Chatterton 1971, Tricornotarion Chatterton 1971
Parent taxon: Aulacopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Chatterton 1971 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulacopleura, Aulacopleurinae, Coignops, Cyphaspides, Dixiphopyge, Malimanaspis, Nitidocare, Songkania
Subtaxa: Goniopleura Maurotarion minuscula Maurotarion struszi Maurotarion zlichovensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), the Czech Republic (2), United States (4: New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania), Uzbekistan (2)
• Silurian of Australia (2), Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Indiana)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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