Enixus Özdikmen 2009 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Palaeolenidae

Synonym: Schistocephalus Chernysheva 1956 [replaced name]

Full reference: H. Özdikmen. 2009. Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera. Munis Entomology & Zoology 4:155-171

Parent taxon: Palaeolenidae according to H. Özdikmen 2009

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alataurus, Bajangoliaspis, Enammocephalus, Ferralsia, Gigoutella, Habrocephalus, Megapalaeolenus, Palaeolenella, Palaeolenides, Palaeolenus, Resimopsis, Sibirolenus, Validaspis

Subtaxa: Enixus enigmaticus Enixus juvenis

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Type: Enixus enigmaticus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality W11. Galgen-Wiese (Cambrian of Germany)

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