Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Alternative spelling: Ptychoparia (Solenopleura)
Parent taxon: Solenopleurinae according to D. L. Bruton and D. A. T. Harper 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1884
Sister taxon: Jincella
Subtaxa: Solenopleura borealis Solenopleura bucculenta Solenopleura bullata Solenopleura gronwalli Solenopleura holometopa Solenopleura pruina Solenopleura similis
Type: Calymene holometopa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection)
• Amgan of Kazakhstan (2)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (2), the Czech Republic (1), Greenland (2), India (1), Kazakhstan (2), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (6), the United Kingdom (2), United States (5: Alaska, Arizona, New York, Vermont)
Total: 28 collections including 32 occurrences
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