Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Synonym: Biolgina Maksimova 1955
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1953. North American Bathyuridae and Leiostegiidae (Trilobita). Journal of Paleontology 27(5):647-678
Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurine, Bolbocephalus, Catochia, Cullisonia, Gelasinocephalus, Jeffersonia, Petigurus, Psalikilopsis, Rananasus, Ranasasus, Speyeris
Subtaxa: Peltabellia baumannensis Peltabellia elegans Peltabellia glabra Peltabellia lata Peltabellia peltabella Peltabellia sibirica
Type: Jeffersonia peltabella
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (8: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut), Greenland (1), Iran (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Alberta), China (5)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
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