Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Parent taxon: Pilekiinae according to F. Perez-Peris et al. 2021
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anacheirurus, Chashania, Courtessolium, Demeterops, Emsurina, Eocheirurus, Koraipsis, Landyia, Macrogrammus, Metapilekia, Metapliomerops, Pilekia, Pliomeroides, Pseudopliomera, Seisonia, Sinoparapilekia, Sinoparapilekiini, Tesselacauda, Tienshihfuia, Victorispina, Yinaspis
Subtaxa: Parapilekia atecae Parapilekia beattyana Parapilekia ferrigena Parapilekia jacquelinae Parapilekia olesnaensis Parapilekia sougyi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (1 collection)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), Spain (1)
• Ordovician of Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (1), Norway (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Utah)
• Tremadoc of the Czech Republic (3), Morocco (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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