Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Full reference: R. Ludvigsen. 1982. Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician trilobite biostratigraphy of the Rabbitkettle Formation, western District of Mackenzie. Life Science Contributions Royal Ontario Museum 134:1-188
Parent taxon: Kingstoniidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ankoura, Blountia, Brachyaspidion, Bynumia, Bynumina, Calvipelta, Clelandia, Ithycephalus, Kingstonia, Komaspidella, Pugionicauda, Saonella, Wanwanaspis
Subtaxa: Larifugula leonensis Larifugula triangulata
Type: Larifugula triangulata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon collections)
• Skullrockian of United States (1: Texas)
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta), United States (3: Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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