Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2007. The hystricurid trilobite Metabowmania in the Lower Ordovician (Ibexian; Stairsian) of the Great Basin, Utah and Idaho, USA. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 34:227-242
Parent taxon: Hystricuridae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2007
Sister taxa: Amblycranium, Etheridgaspis, Glabretina, Guizhouhystricurus, Hintzecurinae, Holubaspis, Hystricurinae, Hystricurus, Litzicurus, Millardicurus, Nyaya, Omuliovia, Paenebeltella, Parahystricurus, Paraplethopeltis, Psalikilus, Rollia, Svalbardicurus, Taoyuania, Tasmanaspis
Subtaxa: Hillyardina Hyperbolochilus Metabowmania Pachycranium Tanybregma
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (2), Canada (30: Alberta, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (19: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
• Skullrockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland)
Total: 53 collections including 75 occurrences