Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Alternative spelling: Apatakephalus
Parent taxon: Remopleurididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Sennikov et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aktugaiella, Apatokephalina, Apatokephaloides, Apatokephalops, Artokephalus, Blosyropsis, Brachypleura, Deanokephalus, Diplapatokephalus, Dislobosaspis, Eoapatokephalus, Eorobergia, Haniwa, Hastiremopleurides, Hexacopyge, Hukasawaia, Hypodicranotus, Ivshinaspis, Jiia, Kainella, Kainellidae, Lacorsalina, Lingukainella, Lohanpopsis, Loshanella, Mendosina, Menoparia, Naustia, Oculeus, Portentosus, Praepatokephalus, Proapatokephalops, Pseudokainella, Pugilator, Remopleuridiella, Remopleuridinae, Richardsonella, Richardsonellidae, Robergiella, Scinocephalus, Sigmakainella, Sunocavia, Tramoria, Yosimuraspis
Subtaxa: Apatokephalus canadensis Apatokephalus dagmarae Apatokephalus exiguus Apatokephalus longifrons Apatokephalus nyaicus Apatokephalus rugosus Apatokephalus sarculum Apatokephalus serratus Apatokephalus tibicen Apatokephalus zhejianensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), China (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), Sweden (3), United States (1: North Dakota)
• Ordovician of Argentina (37), Australia (1), Bolivia (2), Canada (5: Alberta), China (5), Czechia (3), France (3), Iran (1), Morocco (5), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (8), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (14: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Texas)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 109 collections including 112 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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