†family Encrinuridae Angelin 1854 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

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

See also Edgecombe 1994, Harrington and Leanza 1957, Nikolaisen 1961, Phleger 1933 and Whittington et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Cheiruridae, Pliomeridae

Subtaxa: Aegrotocatellus Alwynulus Anapliomerella Atractocybeloides Avalanchurus Balizoma Batocara Bevanopsis Celtencrinurus Curriella Cybelinae Dayongia Dindymeninae Distyrax Elsarella Encrinurinae Eodindymene Langgonia Lasaguaditas Lyrapyge Mackenziurus Nucleurus Paracybeloides Parakailia Perirehaedulus Perryus Plasiaspis Prophysemataspis Prostrix Sinocybele Staurocephalidae Staurocephalinae Stiktocybele Struszia Wallacia Wuoaspis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (2 collections), China (1), Tajikistan (1)

• Silurian to Devonian of Austria (1)

• Silurian of Australia (29), Austria (1), Belarus (2), Canada (164: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Yukon Territory), China (42), the Czech Republic (36), Estonia (11), Greenland (7), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (6), Latvia (2), Lithuania (3), Morocco (1), Norway (1), Sweden (16), Tajikistan (4), Ukraine (17), the United Kingdom (61), United States (63: Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin), Uzbekistan (2)

• Niagaran of United States (1: Indiana)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (4: British Columbia, Québec)

• Ordovician of Argentina (12), Australia (15), Belgium (4), Canada (67: Manitoba, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Northwest Terrorities, Nunavut, Nunvait, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (29), the Czech Republic (9), Estonia (7), Germany (2), Ireland (19), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (5), Latvia (3), the Netherlands (2), Norway (70), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (46), Spain (1), Sweden (31), the United Kingdom (64), United States (58: Alabama, California, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa/Wisconsin, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin)

• Chazy of United States (4: New York)

• Llandeilo of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (4), the United Kingdom (4)

• Whiterockian of Canada (10: Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Quebec), Norway (2), United States (15: California, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Vermont)

• Castlemainian of Ireland (1)

• Arenigian of China (2)

• Arenig of Argentina (1), China (3), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 976 collections including 1306 occurrences

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