Whittingtonella Ludvigsen et al. 1989 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Full reference: R. Ludvigsen, S. R. Westrop, and C. H. Kindle. 1989. Sunwaptan (Upper Cambrian) trilobites of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 6:1-175

Parent taxon: Dokimocephalidae according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Ramsköld and Chatterton 1991 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alekcinella, Anemocephalus, Anuloides, Apachia, Bellaspidella, Bellaspis, Beothuckia, Burnetiella, Calocephalites, Chalfontia, Conaspis, Deadwoodia, Deckera, Dellea, Delleana, Didwudina, Dokimocephalus, Glyptometopsis, Glyptometopus, Iddingsia, Jingxiania, Kindbladia, Kiowaia, Kyphocephalus, Lorrettina, Obrucheviaspis, Pinctus, Pseudosaratogia, Ritella, Saimachia, Stittella, Sulcocephalus, Taenicephalina, Tatulaspis, Tchuostachia, Wilsonarella, Wuhuia

Subtaxa: Whittingtonella martinae

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Type: Whittingtonella martinae

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Whittingtonella in the database

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