Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae
Alternative combination: Otarion (Otarion) unguloides
Full reference: H.K. Erben. 1953. Über einige Otarionidae (Tril.) aus dem Mittel-Devon der Eifel. Senckenbergiana lethaea 34:73-80
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to A.P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher 2007
See also Erben 1953
Sister taxa: Cyphaspis advena, Cyphaspis agayuara, Cyphaspis akkae, Cyphaspis barrandei, Cyphaspis bluhmi, Cyphaspis boninoi, Cyphaspis brevimarginatus, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus, Cyphaspis convexum, Cyphaspis dabrowni, Cyphaspis eberhardiei, Cyphaspis eximia, Cyphaspis foumzguidensis, Cyphaspis globosus, Cyphaspis hamidi, Cyphaspis heisingi, Cyphaspis heissae, Cyphaspis hoepfneri, Cyphaspis hydrocephala, Cyphaspis ihmadii, Cyphaspis juergenhollandi, Cyphaspis khraidensis, Cyphaspis kippingi, Cyphaspis lacrimara, Cyphaspis lerougei, Cyphaspis maharchensis, Cyphaspis rommersheimensis, Cyphaspis slocomi, Cyphaspis smeenki, Cyphaspis tadachachtensis, Cyphaspis walteri
Subtaxa: Cyphaspis unguloides belgica Otarion (Otarion) unguloides ranunculum Otarion (Otarion) unguloides unguloides
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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