Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae
Alternative combinations: Cyphaspis lacrimura, Otarion (Otarion) lacrimarum, Otarion (Otarion) lacrimurum
Full reference: A. Pribyl and J. Vanek. 1981. Studie die zur Morphologie und Phylogenie der Familie Otarionidae R. & E. Richter, 1926 (Trilobita). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 173:160-208
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to U. Lemke 2020
See also Basse and Lemke 1996, Flick 1999 and Pribyl and Vanek 1981
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 lerougei, Cyphaspis maharchensis, Cyphaspis rommersheimensis, Cyphaspis slocomi, Cyphaspis smeenki, Cyphaspis tadachachtensis, Cyphaspis unguloides, Cyphaspis walteri
Type specimen: JVC2567, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Czechia (5 collections), Germany (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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