Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Synonym: Odontochilinae Snajdr 1985
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to P. Budil et al. 2009
See also Randolfe and Gass 2024
Sister taxa: Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitina, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kasachstania, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Morgatia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoria, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae
Subtaxa: Odontochile Reussiana Waukeshaaspis Zlichovaspis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (3 collections), Australia (5), Bolivia (2), Canada (1: Ontario), Czechia (16), France (1), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (15), Spain (2), United States (6: New York, Oklahoma)
• Silurian to Devonian of Australia (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Bolivia (1), China (1), United States (1: Wisconsin)
Total: 64 collections including 91 occurrences