Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Parent taxon: Odontopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthalomina, Acidaspidinae, Apianurinae, Borkopleura, Ceratocephalinae, Ceratonurus, Chlustinia, Dicranurus, Dudleyaspis, Eoleonaspis, Gaotania, Globulaspis, Hispaniaspis, Isoprusia, Ivanopleura, Koneprusia, Koneprusiinae, Laethoprusia, Miraspidinae, Odontopleurinae, Orphanaspis, Periallaspis, Proceratocephala, Selenopeltis, Selenopeltoides, Stelckaspis, Taemasaspis, Uriarra
Subtaxa: Meadowtownella trentonensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), the United Kingdom (3)
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: New York)
Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences
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