Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Parent taxon: Styginidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alceste, Altaepeltis, Ancyropyge, Arctipeltis, Australoscutellum, Avascutellum, Bojoscutellum, Boreoscutellum, Breviscutellum, Bubupeltina, Bumastinae, Cekovia, Ciliscutellum, Cornuscutellum, Craigheadia, Cybantyx, Decoroscutellum, Delgadoa, Dentaloscutellum, Dulanaspis, Ekwanoscutellum, Eoscutellum, Exastipyx, Goldillaenoides, Goldillaenus, Hidascutellum, Illaenoides, Kirkdomina, Kobayashipeltis, Kolihapeltis, Kosovopeltis, Kotysopeltis, Lamproscutellum, Leioscutellum, Ligiscus, Liolalax, Meitanillaenus, Metascutellum, Microscutellum, Mulciberaspis, Octobronteus, Paracybantyx, Paralejurus, Paraphillipsinella, Perischoclonus, Phillipsinella, Planiscutellum, Platyscutellum, Poroscutellum, Promago, Protostygina, Pseudostygina, Quyuania, Radioscutellum, Raymondaspis, Rhaxeros, Sangzhiscutellum, Scabriscutellum, Scutelluidae, Scutelluinae, Scutellum, Spiniscutellum, Stygininae, Tenuipeltis, Theamataspis, Thomastus, Thysanopeltella, Unicapeltis, Uraloscutellum, Waisfeldaspis, Weberopeltis, Xyoeax
Subtaxa: Failleana calva Failleana limbata Failleana magnifica Failleana wangi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (32: Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (4)
• Whiterockian of Canada (9: Northwest Territories, Quebec), United States (7: New York, Vermont)
• Chazyan of Canada (9: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (2), Iran (2), United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 71 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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