30493 - Well Preserved 0.83 Inch Deanaspis golfussi Upper Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic

† Deanaspis, Hughes et al. 1975 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Asaphida - Trinucleidae

 
PaleoDB taxon number: 19924

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

See also Dean 1983 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anebolithus, Bergamia, Bettonolithus, Botrioides, Cryptolithinae, Cryptolithoides, Cryptolithus, Declivolithus, Decordinaspis, Famatinolithus, Furcalithus, Guandacolithus, Gymnostomix, Hanchungolithinae, Hanchungolithus, Incaia, Lloydolithus, Lordshillia, Marekolithus, Marrolithinae, Marrolithoides, Marrolithus, Microdiscus, Myinda, Myindella, Myttonia, Nankinolithus, Ningkianolithus, Novaspis, Onnia, Parkesolithus, Protolloydolithus, Reedolithus, Reuscholithus, Salterolithus, Stapeleyella, Tretaspidinae, Trinucleinae, Trinucleus, Xiushuilithus, Yinpanolithus

Subtaxa: Deanaspis bedinanensis, Deanaspis goldfussii, Deanaspis seftenbergii

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Type: Deanaspis bedinanensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Environments: marine (3 collections), transition zone/lower shoreface (2), offshore (1), offshore (1), offshore shelf (1)

Age range: 455.8 to 449.5 Ma

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (5 collections), Iran (6), Portugal (3), Turkey (2)