Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalinae according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer 1954, Palmer and Halley 1979, Sepkoski 2002 and Sundberg and McCollum 2003
Sister taxa: Oryctocephalites, Tonkinella
Subtaxa: Oryctocephalus americanus Oryctocephalus elongatus Oryctocephalus incurvus Oryctocephalus indicus Oryctocephalus lancastrioides Oryctocephalus maladensis Oryctocephalus nyensis Oryctocephalus orientalis Oryctocephalus primus Oryctocephalus reticulatus Oryctocephalus reynoldsiformis
Type: Oryctocephalus primus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Delamaran of Canada (4: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (46: California, Idaho, Nevada, Pennsylvania)
• Cambrian of Canada (3: British Columbia, Northwest Territories), China (33), United States (9: Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 97 collections including 102 occurrences
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