Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1975. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162:1-125
Parent taxon: Raphiophorinae according to Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou 2019
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ampyx, Ampyxella, Ampyxinella, Ampyxoides, Bulbaspis, Cnemidopyge, Damghanampyx, Edmundsonia, Globampyx, Mendolaspis, Miaopopsis, Raphiophorus
Subtaxa: Rhombampyx chinensis Rhombampyx glaber Rhombampyx rhombos Rhombampyx tragula Rhombampyx yii
Type: Rhombampyx rhombos
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (2 collections)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Arenigian of China (3)
• Ordovician of China (16), Sweden (4), United States (1: California)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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