Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Synonym: Endymion Billings 1862 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Endymioniinae according to R. A. Fortey 1975
See also Billings 1865, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisonotella, Carinocranium, Lehnertia, Pytine, Salteria
Subtaxa: Endymion meeki Endymionia canningi Endymionia clavaria Endymionia meeki Endymionia raymondi Endymionia schucherti Endymionia semielliptica
Type: Endymionia meeki
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)
• Whiterockian of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador), Norway (2), United States (2: Nevada)
• Arenig of China (1), Norway (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (4), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (4), Norway (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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