Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Synonym: Densonella Shaw 1952
Parent taxon: Menomoniidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Stitt 1998
Sister taxa: Alataspis, Ampullatocephalina, Balderia, Biaverta, Bolaspidella, Bridgeia, Coenaspis, Dresbachia, Knechtelia, Nephalicephalus, Paramenomonia, Tavsenia, Verditerrina
Subtaxa: Menomonia prooculis Menomonia sahratiani
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (9: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon collections), United States (23: Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
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