Alternative spelling: Meniscocorphye
Full reference: R. Ludvigsen, S. R. Westrop, and C. H. Kindle. 1989. Sunwaptan (Upper Cambrian) trilobites of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 6:1-175
Parent taxon: Ptychopariida according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrocephalitidae, Alokistocaridae, Amphorella, Atratebiinae, Bifodina, Bolaspididae, Bulnibarbi, Bvalbardites, Catillicephalidae, Chondrastaulina, Chuangiformis, Cliffiidae, Conococheaquea, Conocoryphidae, Conokephalinidae, Crepicephalidae, Diceratocephalidae, Elviniidae, Harpina, Indiligens, Jamrogiidae, Kazelina, Kingstoniidae, Kirengelia, Lisaniidae, Lonchocephalidae, Lorenzellidae, Marjumiidae, Meniscocorphye, Menomoniidae, Neoanomocerella, Nepeidae, Norwoodiidae, Olenina, Onchonotopsidae, Papyriaspididae, Phylacteridae, Plethopeltidae, Proasaphiscidae, Propeltura, Ptychopariidae, Ptychopariina, Ptychoparoides, Raymondinidae, Shumardiidae, Solenopleuracea, Solenopleuridae, Tricrepicephalidae, Xianquianaspis, Yuehsieszella
Subtaxa: Meniscocoryphe platycephala
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (11: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), United States (7: Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
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