Alataspis Park and Choi 2011 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Full reference: T. Y. Park and D. K. Choi. 2011. Trilobite faunal successions across the base of the Furongian Series in the Taebaek Group, Taebaeksan Basin, Korea. Geobios 44:481-498

Parent taxon: Menomoniidae according to T. Y. Park and D. K. Choi 2011

Sister taxa: Ampullatocephalina, Balderia, Biaverta, Bolaspidella, Bridgeia, Coenaspis, Dresbachia, Knechtelia, Menomonia, Nephalicephalus, Paramenomonia, Tavsenia, Verditerrina

Subtaxa: Alataspis sesongensis

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Type: Alataspis sesongensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jikdong section, JDA22 (Cambrian of South Korea)

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