Toernquistia Reed 1896 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Synonym: Paratoernquistia Chatterton et al. 1998

Parent taxon: Dimeropygidae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2007

See also Chatterton et al. 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bearriverops, Chomatopyge, Dimeropyge, Dimeropygiella, Heckethornia, Ischyrotoma, Mesotaphraspidinae, Mesotaphraspis, Pseudohystricurus, Tulepyge, Toernquistina

Subtaxa: Toernquistia sanchezae

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (8 collections), Australia (1), China (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Colorado, Idaho, Nevada)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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