Menomonia Walcott 1916 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Synonym: Densonella Shaw 1952

Parent taxon: Menomoniidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Stitt 1998

Sister taxa: Ampullatocephalina, Balderia, Biaverta, Bolaspidella, Bridgeia, Coenaspis, Dresbachia, Knechtelia, Nephalicephalus, Paramenomonia, Tavsenia, Verditerrina

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (8: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Yukon collections), United States (23: Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences

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