Paradoxides Brongniart 1822 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Paradoxididae

Synonym: Vinicella Snajdr 1957

Parent taxon: Paradoxididae according to E. Landing et al. 2008

See also Henningsmoen 1952, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Snajdr 1958 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Acadoparadoxides, Anabaraceps, Anabaraspis, Baltoparadoxides, Mawddachites, Paradoxidinae, Phanoptes, Plutonides, Primoriella, Schagonaria

Subtaxa: Paradoxides (Eccaparadoxides) Paradoxides (Hydrocephalus) Paradoxides (Mawddachites) Paradoxides abenacus Paradoxides forchhammeri Paradoxides gracilis Paradoxides paradoxissimus Paradoxides pinus Paradoxides sjogreni

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Type: Entomostracites paradoxissimus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (14: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Czechia (11), Denmark (2), France (6), Italy (1), Norway (3), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (9), Sweden (8), Türkiye (17), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: Alaska, Massachusetts, South Carolina)

• Solvan of Czechia (7), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2)

• Amgan of Czechia (3), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 101 collections including 137 occurrences

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