Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Parent taxon: Plethopeltidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arapahoia, Cherrycreekia, Exigua, Glaberaspis, Koldinia, Koldiniella, Kuljumbina, Leiocoryphe, Notaiella, Plethopeltides, Plethopeltis, Plethopeltoides, Poriplethopeltis, Pseudokoldinella, Samgonus, Semicyclocephalus, Strotocephala, Tolstotchichaspis
Subtaxa: Stenopilus convergens Stenopilus glaber Stenopilus hirtus Stenopilus intermedius Stenopilus latus Stenopilus longispinus Stenopilus pronus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Skullrockian of United States (2: Texas)
• Cambrian of Canada (22: Alberta, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (46: Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 72 collections including 78 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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