Clelandia Cossman 1902 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Invalid subtaxa: Bynumiella Resser 1942, Harrisia Cleland 1900 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Kingstoniidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ankoura, Blountia, Brachyaspidion, Bynumia, Bynumina, Calvipelta, Ithycephalus, Kingstonia, Komaspidella, Larifugula, Pugionicauda, Saonella, Wanwanaspis

Subtaxa: Clelandia aspina Clelandia bispina Clelandia parabola Clelandia utahensis

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Type: Harrisia parabola

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (16: California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Utah)

• Tremadoc of Canada (14: Alberta), United States (2: Montana, Utah)

• Skullrockian of United States (8: Texas, Utah)

• Cambrian of Canada (4: Alberta), United States (7: Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 53 collections including 57 occurrences

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