Cliffia Wilson 1951 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Parent taxon: Phylacteridae according to B. D. E. Chatterton 2020

See also Hohensee and Stitt 1989, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aphelotoxon, Drabia, Phylacterus, Westonaspis

Subtaxa: Cliffia lataegenae Cliffia magnacilis Cliffia nicoleae

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (7: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon collections), United States (55: Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 62 collections including 69 occurrences

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