Trilobita - Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae
Synonym: Sinolenus Kobayashi 1944
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1936. Second contribution to nomenclature of Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 95(4):1-29
Parent taxon: Edelsteinaspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Ju 1983, Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alacephalus, Edelsteinaspis, Gelasene, Laticephalus, Litaspis, Nehanniaspis, Nodiceps, Paleofossus, Polliaxis
Subtaxa: Labradoria miser Sinolenus brevis Sinolenus hotangensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Labrador, Yukon collections), China (2), the Russian Federation (2)
• Waucoban of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
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