†subfamily Meroperixinae Kobayashi and Hamada 1974 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1974. Silurian trilobites of Japan in comparison with Asian, Pacific and other faunas. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 18:1-155

Parent taxon: Scutelluidae according to T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada 1974

Sister taxa: Cavetia, Eobronteinae, Japonoscutellum, Thysanopeltis, Yolkinella

Subtaxa: Illaenoscutellum Meroperix Opoa Tosacephalus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (10: Ontario collections), Greenland (6), Japan (2), United States (2: Iowa, Wisconsin)

Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences

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