Trilobita - Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae
Alternative spelling: Parakoldinoidea
Synonyms: Missisquoia Shaw 1951, Tangshanaspis Zhou and Zhang 1978
Parent taxon: Missisquoiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Cocks et al. 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhu and Wittke 1989
Sister taxa: Hardyia, Lunacrania, Pseudokoldinioidia, Tasmanocephalus
Subtaxa: Parakoldinioidia akerfeldti Parakoldinioidia akessoni Parakoldinioidia callosa Parakoldinioidia inflata Parakoldinioidia lindgreni Parakoldinioidia lopezi Parakoldinioidia mendezi Parakoldinioidia stitti Parakoldinioidia triangulata Tangshanaspis depressa Tangshanaspis zhaogezhuangensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection)
• Ordovician of United States (2: Nevada, New Mexico)
• Tremadoc of Canada (7: Alberta), United States (1: Vermont)
• Skullrockian of United States (3: New York)
• Cambrian of Australia (4), Canada (6: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), United States (6: New Mexico, New York, Texas)
• Taoyuanian of China (4)
Total: 38 collections including 40 occurrences
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