Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Alternative spelling: Dalmanites (Preodontochile)
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to A. C. Sanford and D. J. Holloway 2008
Sister taxa: Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitina, Dalmanitinae, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Morgatia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Odontochile, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae, Zlichovaspis
Subtaxa: Preodontochile camprodonensis Preodontochile springfieldensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at PL1369, Springfield (Silurian of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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