Pilekia Barton 1915 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Parent taxon: Pilekiinae according to F. Perez-Peris et al. 2021

See also Fortey and Bruton 2013, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anacheirurus, Chashania, Courtessolium, Demeterops, Emsurina, Eocheirurus, Koraipsis, Landyia, Macrogrammus, Metapilekia, Metapliomerops, Parapilekia, Pliomeroides, Pseudopliomera, Seisonia, Sinoparapilekia, Sinoparapilekiini, Tesselacauda, Tienshihfuia, Victorispina, Yinaspis

Subtaxa: Pilekia apollo Pilekia trio

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Type: Cheirurus apollo

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections), Norway (1), United States (5: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)

• Tremadoc of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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