Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae
Alternative combinations: Conoparia convexa, Conoparia convexum, Otarion (Conoparia) convexum, Otarion (Otarion) convexum, Otarion convexum
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to A.P. Van Viersen and D. Holland 2016
See also Chlupac 1983, Chlupac 1992, Hawle and Corda 1847 and Lemke 2020
Sister taxa: Cyphaspis advena, Cyphaspis agayuara, Cyphaspis akkae, Cyphaspis barrandei, Cyphaspis bluhmi, Cyphaspis boninoi, Cyphaspis brevimarginatus, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus, 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
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Czechia (9 collections), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Spain (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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