Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2004. A Late Cambrian (Sunwaptan) Silicified Trilobite Fauna from Nevada. Bulletins of American Paleontology 365:5-55

Parent taxon: Plethopeltidae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2004

Sister taxa: Arapahoia, Cherrycreekia, Exigua, Koldinia, Koldiniella, Kuljumbina, Leiocoryphe, Notaiella, Plethopeltides, Plethopeltis, Plethopeltoides, Poriplethopeltis, Pseudokoldinella, Samgonus, Semicyclocephalus, Stenopilus, Strotocephala, Tolstotchichaspis

Subtaxa: Glaberaspis scoobydooi

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Type: Glaberaspis scoobydooi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at silicified fauna, Barton Canyon (Cambrian of Nevada)

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