Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Synonyms: Irvingella (Parairvingella) Kobayashi 1938, Komaspis Kobayashi 1935, Parairvingella Kobayashi 1938
Parent taxon: Elviniidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Palmer 1965 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chariocephalus, Dartonaspis, Drumaspis, Dunderbergia, Dytremacephalus, Elburgia, Elvinaspis, Elvinia, Elviniella, Elvinoides, Elviraspis, Elyaspis, Jessievillia, Kujandina, Megadunderbergia, Metisaspina, Onchopeltis, Paraenshia, Pesaia, Prismenaspis, Pseudosaukia, Qingshuihella
Subtaxa: Irvingella angustilimbata Irvingella flohri Irvingella major Irvingella norilica Irvingella perfecta Irvingella taitzuhoensis Irvingella transversa Irvingella tropica
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (10: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Yukon collections), Kazakhstan (16), the Russian Federation (2), South Korea (1), United States (67: Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin)
• Taoyuanian of China (8), the Russian Federation (10), South Korea (20)
Total: 134 collections including 153 occurrences
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