Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalidae according to Q. Z. Zhang and Z. M. Zhou 1985
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arthricocephalus, Balangia, Barklyella, Changaspis, Cheiruroides, Cheiruroididae, Curvoryctocephalus, Duyunaspis, Euarthricocephalus, Feilongshania, Hunanocephalus, Kunshanaspis, Lancastria, Metabalangia, Metarthricocephalus, Opsiosoryctocephalus, Oryctocara, Oryctocare, Oryctocarinae, Oryctocephalina, Oryctocephalinae, Oryctocephaloides, Oryctocephalops, Paleooryctocephalus, Sandoveria, Shabaella, Shergoldiella, Thoracocare, Tonkinellinae
Subtaxa: Protoryctocephalus arcticus Protoryctocephalus balangensis Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (21 collections), Greenland (6), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
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