Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: Y. Lu and H. Lin. 1980. Cambro-Ordovician boundary in western Zhejiang and the trilobites contained therein. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19(2):118-134
Parent taxon: Olenidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acerocare, Acerocarina, Aciculolenus, Angelina, Apoplanias, Asilluchus, Baikonuraspis, Balnibarbiinae, Bondarevites, Chekiangaspis, Ctenopyge, Cyclognathina, Euonchonotina, Eurycare, Hancrania, Helieranella, Highgatella, Huangshiaspis, Hypermecaspidinae, Jujuyaspis, Leiobienvillia, Leptobenthos, Leptoplastinae, Leptoplastus, Lisania, Magnomma, Marjumia, Nericiaspis, Oleninae, Olenus, Parabolina, Parabolinella, Parabolinina, Parabolinites, Paraolenus, Paraplicatolina, Peltocare, Peltura, Pelturina, Pelturinae, Plicatolininae, Prohedinella, Protopeltura, Remizites, Rhodonaspis, Saltaspis, Sphaerophthalmella, Talbotinella, Ullaspis, Westergaardia, Westergaardites
Subtaxa: Wujiajiania expansa Wujiajiania limitis Wujiajiania lyndasmithae Wujiajiania sutherlandi Wujiajiania tachenensis
Type: Wujiajiania expansa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (6 collections)
• Cambrian of Canada (3: British Columbia), China (5), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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