†family Illaenuridae Vodges 1890 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenuridae

Parent taxon: Leiostegiina according to J. M. Adrain 2011

See also Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Leiostegioidea, Shirakiellidae

Subtaxa: Ambonolium Lecanopyge Lecanopygidae Minicephalus Platydiamesus Polyariella Rasettaspis Rasettia Resseraspis Tatonaspis Yurakia

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Yukon collection), South Korea (1), United States (4: Idaho, Texas)

• Cambrian of Canada (37: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon), the Russian Federation (9), United States (7: South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Total: 59 collections including 77 occurrences

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