Spirantyx Whittard 1961 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Parent taxon: Alsataspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araiopleura, Clavatellus, Falanaspis, Gaoloupingia, Hapalopleuridae, Jegorovaia, Jegorovaiidae, Joshuaspis, Macharia, Orometopidae, Orometopus, Pagometopus, Palquiella, Rhadinopleura, Seleneceme, Skljarella, Torifera, Yumenaspis, Zacompsus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cnemidopyge fauna, Road River Fm., Llandeilo-early Caradoc (Ordovician of Northwest Territories)

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