Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Synonyms: Camaraspoides Frederickson 1949, Camarspoides Frederickson 1949
Parent taxon: Pterocephalidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992
See also Harrington et al. 1959, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Aphelaspidinae, Beigongia, Bromella, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Flabellocephalus, Housia, Housiinae, Jubileia, Labiostrella, Lunacephalus, Luotuolingia, Metachangshania, Morosa, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis
Subtaxa: Camaraspis berkeyi Camaraspis convexa Camaraspis parabola Camaraspis plana Camaraspis singula
Type: Camaraspis convexa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), the Russian Federation (2), United States (41: Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 46 collections including 48 occurrences
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