Erixanium Opik 1963 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amorphella, Aphelaspis, Apheloides, Dicanthopyge, Eugonocare, Kazakhius, Kobayashella, Listroa, Litocephalus, Maduiya, Nganasanella, Notoaphelaspis, Olenaspella, Olentella, Pseudeugonocare, Taenicephalites, Taenora, Tamaranella

Subtaxa: Erixanium carinatum Erixanium multisegmentus Erixanium rectangularis Erixanium sentum

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Type: Erixanium sentum

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Yukon), China (4), Kazakhstan (4), the Russian Federation (2), United States (13: Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Utah)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

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