Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1960. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Dunderberg Shale, Eureka District, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334-C:53-107
Parent taxon: Elviniidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Chariocephalus, Dartonaspis, Drumaspis, Dunderbergia, Dytremacephalus, Elburgia, Elvinaspis, Elvinia, Elvinoides, Elviraspis, Elyaspis, Irvingella, Jessievillia, Kujandina, Maladioides, Megadunderbergia, Metisaspina, Onchopeltis, Paraenshia, Pesaia, Prismenaspis, Pseudosaukia, Qingshuihella
Subtaxa: Elviniella laevis
Type: Elviniella laevis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: Nevada collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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