Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acastava, Acaste, Acastellina, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Armorigreenops, Asteropyginae, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Feruminops, Gourdonia, Greenops, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Heliopyge, Hexacosta, Hollardops, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Llandovacaste, Metacanthina, Mimocryphaeus, Morocconites, Neocalmonia, Neometacanthus, Paracryphaeus, Pelitlina, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Pseudocryphaeus, Psychopyge, Sanidopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Turcopyge, Walliserops
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (5 collections), Australia (3), Belarus (1), France (10), Morocco (5), New Zealand (1), Poland (12), Spain (5), Ukraine (7)
• Silurian to Devonian of Algeria (1), Morocco (1), Poland (2), Ukraine (1)
• Silurian of France (1), Latvia (1), Poland (6), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 65 collections including 99 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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