Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Parent taxon: Remopleurididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aktugaiella, Apatokephalina, Apatokephaloides, Apatokephalops, Apatokephalus, Artokephalus, Blosyropsis, Brachypleura, Deanokephalus, Diplapatokephalus, Dislobosaspis, Eoapatokephalus, Eorobergia, Haniwa, Hastiremopleurides, Hexacopyge, Hukasawaia, Hypodicranotus, Ivshinaspis, Jiia, Kainellidae, Lacorsalina, Lingukainella, Lohanpopsis, Loshanella, Mendosina, Menoparia, Naustia, Oculeus, Portentosus, Praepatokephalus, Proapatokephalops, Pseudokainella, Pugilator, Remopleuridiella, Remopleuridinae, Richardsonella, Richardsonellidae, Robergiella, Scinocephalus, Sigmakainella, Sunocavia, Tramoria, Yosimuraspis
Subtaxa: Kainella billingsi Kainella conica Kainella eleutherolfi Kainella flagricauda Kainella meridionalis Kainella teiichii
Type: Hungaia billingsi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (17 collections), Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories), United States (9: Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (42), Bolivia (3), Canada (8: Alberta, Northwest Territories)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1)
Total: 83 collections including 91 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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