Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae
Parent taxon: Alsataspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clavatellus, Falanaspis, Gaoloupingia, Hapalopleuridae, Jegorovaia, Jegorovaiidae, Joshuaspis, Macharia, Orometopidae, Orometopus, Pagometopus, Palquiella, Rhadinopleura, Seleneceme, Skljarella, Spirantyx, Torifera, Yumenaspis, Zacompsus
Subtaxa: Araiopleura reticulata Araiopleura stephani
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (2 collections), Bolivia (1)
• Arenigian of Argentina (1)
• Tremadoc of Bolivia (1)
• Cambrian of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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