Australaglaspis Ortega-Hernandez et al. 2010 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Aglaspidida

Full reference: J. Ortega-Hernandez, S. J. Braddy, J. B. Jago and P. W. Baillie. 2010. A new aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Cambrian of Tasmania. Palaeontology 53(5):1065-1976

Parent taxon: Aglaspidida according to R. Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2017

See also Ortega-Hernandez et al. 2010 and Ortega-Hernandez et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Aglaspididae, Angarocaris, Beckwithia, Chacharejocaris, Girardevia, Lemoneitidae, Obrutschewia, Rozhkovocaris, Strabopida, Tremaglaspididae, Paleomeridae, Beckwithiidae

Subtaxa: Australaglaspis stonyensis

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Type: Australaglaspis stonyensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at An Idamean aglaspidid from Tasmania - Jago and Baillie 1992 (Cambrian of Australia)

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