Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae
Parent taxon: Solenopleuridae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abakanopleura, Acanthometopus, Acrocephalaspis, Acrocephalina, Agraulinae, Aiaiaspis, Aidarella, Albansia, Aldanaspis, Badulesia, Bigranulella, Catasolenopleura, Changqingia, Conicephalus, Crusoia, Denaspis, Eilura, Ejinaspis, Herse, Huzhuia, Hyperoparia, Inouyella, Kabuqiia, Karagandoides, Keeleaspis, Lashushania, Levisia, Lianglangshania, Liosolenopleura, Lophodesella, Maiaspis, Manublesia, Mataninella, Menocephalites, Minupeltis, Munija, Munijia, Neoacrocephalites, Neosolenopleurella, Nilegna, Ninaspis, Oreisator, Paracrocephalites, Parasolenopleura, Pardailhania, Perneraspis, Pingluia, Proavus, Pseudosolenoparia, Rimouskia, Rina, Sao, Shanghaiaspis, Solenoparia, Solenoparops, Solenopleurinae, Solenopleuropsis, Squarrosoella, Trachoparia, Usumunaspis, Wafangdiania, Yabeia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of United States (5: Pennsylvania collections)
• Delamaran of United States (1: Montana)
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Alberta-British Columbia, British Columbia), China (1), Greenland (1), United States (7: Arizona)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.