Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Invalid subtaxa: Bienvillia (Desmetia) Walcott 1925, Bynumiella Resser 1942, Desmetia Walcott 1925, Harrisia Cleland 1900 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Kingstoniidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Dean 1989, Harrington et al. 1959, Ng 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ankoura, Blountia, Brachyaspidion, Bynumia, Bynumina, Calvipelta, Ithycephalus, Kingstonia, Komaspidella, Larifugula, Pugionicauda, Saonella, Wanwanaspis
Subtaxa: Bynumiella oklahomensis Clelandia albertensis Clelandia annectans Clelandia aspina Clelandia bispina Clelandia parabola Clelandia utahensis
Type: Harrisia parabola
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (16: Alberta collections), United States (18: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Utah)
• Skullrockian of United States (8: Texas, Utah)
• Cambrian of Canada (4: Alberta), United States (8: Montana, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 54 collections including 58 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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