Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Synonym: Actinolobus Eichwald 1860
Parent taxon: Illaenidae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Bruton and Owen 1988, Fortey and Droser 1999, Jell and Adrain 2002, Neuman 1964, Owen and Bruton 1980, Raymond 1916, Sepkoski 2002, Warburg 1925 and Zhou et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Amphoriops, Bumastoides, Bumastus, Caudillaenus, Cryptonymus, Dysplanus, Eastonillaenus, Ectillaenus, Harpillaenus, Hyboaspis, Illaeninae, Illaenurus, Nanillaenus, Octillaenus, Panderinae, Parillaenus, Platillaenus, Ptilillaenus, Stenopareia, Thaleops, Ulugtella, Zbirovia, Zdicella
Subtaxa: Actinolobus americanus Actinolobus atavus Deucalion Illaenus (Parillaenus) Illaenus aduncus Illaenus alveatus Illaenus angelini Illaenus auriculatus Illaenus bayfieldi Illaenus bucculentus Illaenus cekovioides Illaenus consimilis Illaenus consobrinus Illaenus crassicauda Illaenus dalecarlicus Illaenus fieldi Illaenus fraternus Illaenus gelasinus Illaenus gigas Illaenus kueichouensis Illaenus lacertus Illaenus lautus Illaenus marginalis Illaenus oscitatus Illaenus protuberans Illaenus renhuaniensis Illaenus sinensis Illaenus spiculatus Illaenus tianrongi Illaenus tingi Illaenus tumidifrons Illaenus usitatus Illaenus utahensis Illaenus viator Illaenus wimani
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), China (1), United States (4: Indiana)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Portugal (2)
• Uhaku of Lithuania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Sweden (1)
• Whiterockian of Canada (38: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec), Norway (1), United States (31: Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (1: Tennessee)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (6)
• Hunderum of Sweden (3)
• Valaste of Sweden (3)
• Arenig of Argentina (4), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (15)
• Arenigian of China (1)
• Dawan of China (4)
• Ordovician of Argentina (8), Australia (2), Belarus (1), Belgium (1), Canada (25: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunvait, Quebec, Yukon), China (57), Estonia (10), Iran (5), Ireland (6), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (6), Lithuania (4), the Netherlands (1), Norway (21), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (1), Sweden (71), the United Kingdom (24), United States (57: California, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin)
• Canadian of China (4)
• Tremadoc of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (7)
• Ibexian of United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 449 collections including 516 occurrences
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