Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Parent taxon: Trinucleidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1941
Sister taxa: Anebolithus, Auritolithus, Bergamia, Bettonolithus, Botrioides, Costonia, Cryptolithinae, Cryptolithoides, Deanaspis, Decordinaspis, Eirelithus, Famatinolithus, Furcalithus, Guandacolithus, Gymnostomix, Hanchungolithinae, Hanchungolithus, Incaia, Jianxilithus, Lloydolithus, Lordshillia, Marekolithus, Marrolithinae, Marrolithoides, Marrolithus, Microdiscus, Myinda, Myindella, Myttonia, Nankinolithus, Ningkianolithus, Novaspis, Onnia, Paratretaspis, Paratrinucleus, Parkesolithus, Protolloydolithus, Reedolithus, Reuscholithus, Salterolithus, Stapeleyella, Telaeomarrolithus, Tretaspidinae, Trinucleinae, Trinucleus, Whittardolithus, Xiushuilithus, Yinpanolithus
Subtaxa: Cryptolithus recurvus Cryptolithus tessellatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (24: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Morocco (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (149: Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 181 collections including 188 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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