Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae
Alternative combination: Otarion (Otarion) akkae
Belongs to Cyphaspis according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Alberti 1969
Sister taxa: Cyphaspis advena, Cyphaspis agayuara, 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 unguloides, Cyphaspis walteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lower Tafilalt Limestone, Tafilalt Area, SE Morocco, which is in a Pragian marine limestone in the Tafilalt Limestone Formation of Morocco
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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