Prionocheilus Rouault 1847 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Calymenidae

Synonym: Pharostoma Hawle and Corda 1847

Parent taxon: Pharostomatinae according to A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton 1980

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002, Siveter 1977 and Warburg 1925

Sister taxon: Xuanenia

Subtaxa: Pharostoma foveolatum Pharostoma leptaenarum Pharostoma narinosum Pharostoma nieszkowskii Pharostoma obtusum Prionocheilus foveolatum Prionocheilus mendax Prionocheilus obtusus Prionocheilus pulchra Prionocheilus verneuili

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Type: Prionocheilus verneuili

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), France (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (3), Spain (10)

• Letna of the Czech Republic (2)

• Fennian of France (1)

• Arenig of France (1), Morocco (2), Spain (1)

• Ordovician of Algeria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (4), the Czech Republic (9), France (4), Latvia (2), Morocco (3), Norway (18), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (5), Sweden (14), the United Kingdom (6)

• Tremadoc of Spain (2)

Total: 99 collections including 105 occurrences

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