Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Parent taxon: Styginidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Owen and Bruton 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alceste, Altaepeltis, Ancyropyge, Arctipeltis, Australoscutellum, Avascutellum, Bojoscutellum, Boreoscutellum, Breviscutellum, Bubupeltina, Bumastinae, Cekovia, Ciliscutellum, Cornuscutellum, Craigheadia, Cybantyx, Decoroscutellum, Delgadoa, Dentaloscutellum, Dulanaspis, Ekwanoscutellum, Eoscutellum, Exastipyx, Failleana, Goldillaenoides, Goldillaenus, Hidascutellum, Illaenoides, Kirkdomina, Kobayashipeltis, Kolihapeltis, Kosovopeltis, Kotysopeltis, Lamproscutellum, Leioscutellum, Ligiscus, Liolalax, Meitanillaenus, Metascutellum, Microscutellum, Mulciberaspis, Octobronteus, Paracybantyx, Paralejurus, Paraphillipsinella, Perischoclonus, Planiscutellum, Platyscutellum, Poroscutellum, Promago, Protostygina, Pseudostygina, Quyuania, Radioscutellum, Raymondaspis, Rhaxeros, Sangzhiscutellum, Scabriscutellum, Scutelluidae, Scutelluinae, Scutellum, Spiniscutellum, Stygininae, Tenuipeltis, Theamataspis, Thomastus, Thysanopeltella, Unicapeltis, Uraloscutellum, Waisfeldaspis, Weberopeltis, Xyoeax
Subtaxa: Phillipsinella parabola Phillipsinella preclara
Type: Phacops parabola
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Sweden (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Belgium (1), Canada (1: Québec), China (6), the Czech Republic (5), Norway (5), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Spain (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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