Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1965. Trilobites of the Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132(4):275-441
Parent taxon: Shumardiidae according to H. B. Whittington 1965
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthopleurella, Changchowilla, Conophrys, Koldinioidia, Kweichowilla, Leoforteyia, Liriamnica, Shumardia, Shumardoella, Shumardops, Tarimella
Subtaxa: Leioshumardia minima
Type: Leioshumardia minima
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)
• Chazyan of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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