Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Synonym: Pseudoalokistocare Sundberg 1994
Parent taxon: Alokistocaridae according to F. A. Sundberg 2018
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer 1954, Palmer and Halley 1979, Sepkoski 2002, Sundberg 1994 and Sundberg 1999
Sister taxa: Alokistocarella, Amecephalina, Amecephaloides, Amecephalus, Annamitia, Arellanella, Beldirella, Bythicheilus, Chancia, Chanciaopsis, Danzhaiaspis, Ehmania, Ehmaniella, Elrathia, Erdoradites, Ganovexopyge, Inglefieldia, Jenkinsonia, Kistocare, Lenacare, Parapachyaspis, Parehmania, Pedinocephalina, Proveedoria, Schopfaspis, Shabanovia, Tympanuella, Utaspis, Ehmaniellinae, Altiocculinae
Subtaxa: Alokistocare alta Alokistocare althea Alokistocare aoris Alokistocare charax Alokistocare georgense Alokistocare modestum Alokistocare nactum Alokistocare nasutum Alokistocare natale Alokistocare noduliferum Alokistocare notatum Alokistocare nothum Alokistocare paranotatum Alokistocare pomona Alokistocare punctatum Alokistocare septum Alokistocare spencense Alokistocare stephenensis Alokistocare subcoronatum Alokistocare swasii
Type: Conocephalites subcoronatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (4: Alberta-British Columbia, British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (26: Alaska, Arizona, California, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)
• Solvan of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (5: Pennsylvania)
Total: 37 collections including 45 occurrences
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