Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Belongs to Megalaspidella according to H. J. Harrington 1938
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957 and Tortello and Esteban 2014
Sister taxa: Asaphellus artus, Asaphellus aspinus, Asaphellus catamarcensis, Asaphellus clarksoni, Asaphellus communis, Asaphellus graffi, Asaphellus homfrayi, Asaphellus inflatus, Asaphellus isabelae, Asaphellus jujuanus, Asaphellus nazarenensis, Asaphellus pricensis, Asaphellus riojanus, Asaphellus stenorhachis, Asaphellus trinodosus, Megalaspidella (Megalaspidella), Megalaspidella kayseri, Megalaspidella (Tsaidamaspis), Hemigyraspis mcconnelli
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Megalaspidella orthometopa in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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