Paradoxides Brongniart 1822 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Paradoxididae

Synonym: Vinicella Snajdr 1957

Parent taxon: Paradoxididae according to E. Landing et al. 2008

See also Henningsmoen 1952, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Snajdr 1958 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Anabaraceps, Anabaraspis, Baltoparadoxides, Hydrocephalus, Paradoxidinae, Phanoptes, Plutonides, Primoriella, Schagonaria

Subtaxa: Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) Paradoxides gracilis Paradoxides oelandicus Paradoxides paradoxissimus Paradoxides pinus Paradoxides sjogreni

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Type: Entomostracites paradoxissimus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Marjumian of United States (2: South Carolina collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (11: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador), the Czech Republic (17), Denmark (2), France (6), Germany (4), Italy (3), Morocco (16), Norway (5), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (11), Sweden (4), Turkey (20), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Alaska, Massachusetts)

Total: 116 collections including 154 occurrences

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