Rhyssometopus Oepik 1967 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Parent taxon: Rhyssometopidae according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006

See also Paterson and Laurie 2004

Sister taxa: Plectrifer, Qiandongaspis, Rhyssometropus, Tasmana

Subtaxa: Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis) Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus

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Type: Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (3), China (7), Kazakhstan (7)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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