Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Synonym: Sculptaspis Nikolaisen 1983
Parent taxon: Remopleurididae according to D. L. Bruton and F. Nikolaisen 2017
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Nikolaisen 1983
Sister taxa: Aktugaiella, Apatokephalina, Apatokephaloides, Apatokephalops, Apatokephalus, Artokephalus, Blosyropsis, Deanokephalus, Diplapatokephalus, Dislobosaspis, Eoapatokephalus, Eorobergia, Haniwa, Hastiremopleurides, Hexacopyge, Hukasawaia, Hypodicranotus, Ivshinaspis, Jiia, Kainella, Kainellidae, Lacorsalina, Lingukainella, Lohanpopsis, Loshanella, Mendosina, Menoparia, Naustia, Oculeus, Portentosus, Praepatokephalus, Proapatokephalops, Pseudokainella, Pugilator, Remopleuridiella, Remopleuridinae, Richardsonella, Richardsonellidae, Robergiella, Scinocephalus, Sigmakainella, Sunocavia, Tramoria, Yosimuraspis
Subtaxa: Brachypleura cordata Brachypleura sexlineata Sculptaspis erratica Sculptaspis impolita Sculptaspis insculpta Sculptaspis pannucea Sculptaspis sexlineata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Norway (8 collections)
• Ordovician of Norway (14), Sweden (2)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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