†family Polychaetaspidae Kielan-Jaworowska 1966 (worm)

Polychaeta - Eunicida - Polychaetaspidae

Parent taxon: Eunicida according to O. Hints 1998

Sister taxa: Atraktoprionidae, Diurodrilidae, Dorvilleidae, Eunicea, Eunicidae, Gilsonicaris, Hartmaniellidae, Histriobdellidae, Kalloprionidae, Lumbrinereidae, Lumbrineridae, Lunoprionella, Mochtyellidae, Oenonidae, Onuphidae, Polychaeturidae, Ramphoprionidae

Subtaxa: Oenonites

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection)

• Silurian of Czechia (23), Sweden (2)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Quebec), Estonia (4), Sweden (1), United States (1: Michigan)

Total: 35 collections including 48 occurrences

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