Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthalomina, Acidaspidinae, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Chlustinia, Dicranurus, Dudleyaspis, Eoleonaspis, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Meadowtownella, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Proceratocephala, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra
Subtaxa: Polyeres Selenopeltis buchi Selenopeltis gallica Selenopeltis inermis Selenopeltis macrophthalma Selenopeltis macrophthalmus Selenopeltis vultuosa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Morocco (4), Portugal (4), Spain (8)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (2)
• Fennian of France (1)
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (3)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (14), France (1), Morocco (5), Portugal (1), Spain (4), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 63 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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