Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Synonyms: Chienaspis Suvorova 1964, Goldfieldia Palmer 1964, Paraoryctocephalops Tomashpolskaya and Khalfin 1960, Pseudolancastria Lee 1963
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Blaker and Peel 1997, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhang and Zhou 1985
Sister taxa: Arthricocephalus, Balangia, Barklyella, Changaspis, Cheiruroides, Cheiruroididae, Curvoryctocephalus, Duyunaspis, Euarthricocephalus, Feilongshania, Hunanocephalus, Kunshanaspis, Metabalangia, Metarthricocephalus, Opsiosoryctocephalus, Oryctocara, Oryctocare, Oryctocarinae, Oryctocephalina, Oryctocephalinae, Oryctocephaloides, Oryctocephalops, Paleooryctocephalus, Protoryctocephalus, Sandoveria, Shabaella, Shergoldiella, Thoracocare, Tonkinellinae
Subtaxa: Goldfieldia kunshanensis Goldfieldia ninguis Goldfieldia pacifica Lancastria plana Lancastria roddyi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), China (1), Greenland (6), United States (3: Nevada, Pennsylvania)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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