Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalidae according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arthricocephalus, Balangia, Barklyella, Changaspis, Cheiruroides, Cheiruroididae, Curvoryctocephalus, Duyunaspis, Euarthricocephalus, Feilongshania, Hunanocephalus, Kunshanaspis, Lancastria, Metabalangia, Metarthricocephalus, Opsiosoryctocephalus, Oryctocara, Oryctocare, Oryctocarinae, Oryctocephalinae, Oryctocephaloides, Oryctocephalops, Paleooryctocephalus, Protoryctocephalus, Sandoveria, Shabaella, Shergoldiella, Thoracocare, Tonkinellinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zacanthoidid biofacies, Carrara Fm. (Cambrian of Nevada and California)
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