Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Parent taxon: Illaenidae according to Z. Zhou et al. 1998
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphoriops, Bumastoides, Bumastus, Caryon, Caudillaenus, Cryptonymus, Dysplanus, Eastonillaenus, Ectillaenus, Harpillaenus, Hyboaspis, Illaeninae, Illaenurus, Illaenus, Octillaenus, Panderinae, Parillaenus, Platillaenus, Ptilillaenus, Stenopareia, Thaleops, Ulugtella, Zbirovia, Zdicella
Subtaxa: Nanillaenus aduncus Nanillaenus crassus Nanillaenus gualcamayensis Nanillaenus mackenziensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (11: Northwest Territories collections)
• Arenig of Argentina (2), China (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Ontario), China (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Nevada, Tennessee)
Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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