Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Parent taxon: Zacanthoididae according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
See also Eddy and McCollum 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aitkenaspis, Albertella, Albertellina, Albertelloides, Chuchiaspis, Danjiangella, Delamarella, Dodoella, Fieldaspis, Mackenzieaspis, Mexicaspis, Micmaccopsis, Panxinella, Paralbertella, Parkaspis, Prozacanthoides, Pseudozacanthopsis, Qingzhenaspis, Stephenaspis, Ursinella, Vanuxemella, Zacanthoides, Zacanthopsina, Zacanthopsis
Subtaxa: Ptarmiganoides alia Ptarmiganoides araneicauda Ptarmiganoides crassaxis Ptarmiganoides hexacantha Ptarmiganoides propinqua
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), China (1), United States (14: California, Idaho, Nevada, Nevada and California)
• Solvan of United States (10: Nevada)
Total: 26 collections including 32 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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