†family Palaeolenidae HupĂ© 1953 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae

Parent taxon: Ellipsocephaloidea according to J. M. Adrain 2011

See also Jell and Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: Agraulidae, Bigotinidae, Ellipsocephalidae, Estaingiidae, Yunnanocephalidae

Subtaxa: Alataurus Bajangoliaspis Enammocephalus Enixus Ferralsia Gigoutella Habrocephalus Megapalaeolenus Palaeolenella Palaeolenides Palaeolenus Resimopsis Validaspis

View classification

Type: Palaeolenides

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (21 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (5)

Total: 28 collections including 44 occurrences

Show more details