Trilobita - Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae
Synonym: Missisquoia typicalis Shaw 1951 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1983. Cambrian-Ordovican trilobites from the boundary beds in western Newfoundland and their phylogenetic significance. in D. E. G. Briggs and P. D. Lane, eds, Trilobites and other Early Arthropods, Special Papers in Palaeontology 30 179-211
Belongs to Parakoldinioidia according to S.-b. Lee et al. 2007
See also Fortey 1983
Sister taxa: Parakoldinioidia akerfeldti, Parakoldinioidia akessoni, Parakoldinioidia callosa, Parakoldinioidia inflata, Parakoldinioidia lindgreni, Parakoldinioidia lopezi, Parakoldinioidia mendezi, Parakoldinioidia triangulata, Tangshanaspis depressa, Tangshanaspis zhaogezhuangensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Tremadoc of Canada (7: Alberta collections)
• Skullrockian of United States (3: New York)
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (5: New York, Texas)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
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