Trilobita - Trinucleida - Dionididae
Synonym: Dionidepyga Snajdr 1981
Parent taxon: Dionididae according to A. W. Owen 1981
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen and Bruton 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aethedionide, Digrypos, Dionidella, Tongxinaspis, Trinucleoides
Subtaxa: Dionide formosa Dionide holdeni Dionide jubata Dionide magnifica Dionide mareki Dionide miaopoensis Dionide prima Dionide semicircula
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), France (3), Portugal (1)
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), China (24), the Czech Republic (7), France (4), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (2), Morocco (3), Norway (11), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (7: Maine, Virginia)
Total: 82 collections including 83 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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