Trilobita - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae
Full reference: P. Hupé. 1953. Classification des trilobites. Annales de Paléontologie 39:61-168
Parent taxon: Fallotaspididae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Geyer 1996, Lieberman 2002, Palmer and Repina 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amplifallotaspis, Avefallotaspis, Choubertella, Daguinaspidinae, Daguinaspis, Eofallotaspis, Fallotaspidinae, Parafallotaspis, Profallotaspis
Subtaxa: Fallotaspis antecedens Fallotaspis bondoni Fallotaspis inexspectatus Fallotaspis plana Fallotaspis planospinosa Fallotaspis tazemmourtensis Fallotaspis typica
Type: Fallotaspis typica
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Mexico (2 collections), Mongolia (1), Morocco (13), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences
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