Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae
Alternative combinations: Calymene hydrocephala, Otarion (Cyphaspis) hydrocephalum, Otarion (Otarion) hydrocephalum
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to J. M. Adrain and B. D. E. Chatterton 1996
See also Chlupac 1983 and Lemke 2020
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 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 (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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