Artiopoda - 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 Canada (7: Alberta), United States (3: Nevada, New Mexico, Vermont)
• Skullrockian of United States (2: New York)
• Taoyuanian of China (4)
• Cambrian of Australia (4), Canada (6: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), United States (11: New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 42 collections including 44 occurrences
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