Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Alternative combinations: Dicellocephalus flagricaudus, Olenoides flagricauda
Synonyms: Conokephalina inexpectans Walcott 1884, Dicellocephalus inexpectans Walcott 1884, Kainella inexpectans Walcott 1884
Full reference: C. A. White. 1874. Preliminary report upon invertebrate fossils collected by the expeditions of 1871, 1872, and 1873. Geographical and Geological Exploration and Surveys west of the 100th Meridian, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1-27
Belongs to Kainella according to Walcott 1925
See also Lochman 1965, Walcott 1884 and White 1874
Sister taxa: Kainella billingsi, Kainella conica, Kainella eleutherolfi, Kainella meridionalis, Kainella teiichii
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories collections), United States (6: Montana, Nevada)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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