Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Synonym: Pseudolisania Kobayashi 1935
Parent taxon: Cheilocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Palmer 1965 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aksayaspis, Emsurella, Eotaitzuia, Lecanoaspis, Macelloura, Oligometopus, Parakoldinia, Pseudokingstonia, Pseudokoldinia
Subtaxa: Cheilocephalus brachyops Cheilocephalus brevilobus Cheilocephalus granulosus Cheilocephalus minutus Pseudolisania hisingeri
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (5: Alberta, Newfoundland, Yukon collections), United States (73: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, South Dakota , Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
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