Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Full reference: F. C. Shaw. 1974. Simpson Group (Middle Ordovician) trilobites of Oklahoma. Paleontological Society Memoir 6:1-54
Belongs to Ceratocephala according to F. C. Shaw 1974
Sister taxa: Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina), Ceratocephala depauperata, Ceratocephala exigua, Ceratocephala goniata, Ceratocephala impedita, Ceratocephala laciniata, Ceratocephala laticapitata, Ceratocephala phalaenocephala, Ceratocephala rarispina, Ceratocephala triacantheis, Ceratocephala vexilla, Onychaspis laticapitata, Onchaspis confraga, Trapelocera bicuspis
Type specimen: OU 8095, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bromide Formation, Pooleville Member Trilobites (Ordovician of Oklahoma)
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