Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Cambrian System (restricted) of the southern Appalachians. 15:1-131
Belongs to Aphelaspis according to F. Rasetti 1965
See also Resser 1938
Sister taxa: Aphelaspis arsoides, Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis camiro, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis haguei, Aphelaspis inermis, Aphelaspis longifrons, Aphelaspis longispina, Aphelaspis quadrata, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis subditus, Aphelaspis tarda, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria conveximarginata, Labiostria westropi
Type specimen: USNM 94927
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: Tennessee, Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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