Trilobita - Asaphida - Raphiophoridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 20175

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: Raphiophoridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: Ampyxina, Endymioniinae, Kanlingia, Lonchodomas, Malongullia, Nambeetella, Nanshanaspis, Pseudampyxina, Raphioampyx, Raphiophorinae, Raymondella, Sinampyxina

Subtaxa: Rhombampyx glaber, Rhombampyx rhombos, Rhombampyx tragula, Rhombampyx yii

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Type: Rhombampyx rhombos

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder