Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae
Alternative combinations: Cyphaspis ceratophthalma, Phacops ceratophthalmus
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to A.P. Van Viersen and D. Holland 2016
See also Thomas and Owens 1978 and Van Viersen and Prescher 2007
Sister taxa: Cyphaspis advena, Cyphaspis agayuara, Cyphaspis akkae, Cyphaspis barrandei, Cyphaspis bluhmi, Cyphaspis boninoi, Cyphaspis brevimarginatus, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides, 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 unguloides, Cyphaspis walteri
Type specimen: IRSNB a13017
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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