Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Synonym: Paratoernquistia Chatterton et al. 1998
Parent taxon: Dimeropygidae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2007
See also Chatterton et al. 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bearriverops, Chomatopyge, Dimeropyge, Dimeropygiella, Heckethornia, Ischyrotoma, Mesotaphraspidinae, Mesotaphraspis, Pseudohystricurus, Tulepyge, Toernquistina
Subtaxa: Toernquistia sanchezae
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (8 collections), Australia (1), China (1), Kazakhstan (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Colorado, Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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