Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Parent taxon: Plethopeltidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arapahoia, Exigua, Koldinia, Koldiniella, Kuljumbina, Meniscocoryphe, Notaiella, Plethopeltides, Plethopeltis, Plethopeltoides, Poriplethopeltis, Pseudokoldinella, Samgonus, Semicyclocephalus, Stenopilus, Strotocephala, Tolstotchichaspis
Subtaxa: Leiocoryphe brevis Leiocoryphe gemma Leiocoryphe occipitalis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (1: New York collection)
• Cambrian of Canada (16: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (6: Nevada, Texas, Vermont)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.