Catillicephala Raymond 1937 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Synonym: Cephalocoelia Raymond 1937 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Catillicephalidae according to H. J. Harrington et al. 1959

See also Armstrong et al. 2020, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acheilops, Buttsia, Calculites, Cryptoderaspis, Distazeris, Galeaspis, Lajishanaspis, Madarocephalus, Matania, Onchonotellus, Onchonotopsis, Onchonotus, Pemphigaspis, Peracheilus, Theodenisia, Theodensia, Triarthropsis, Tumidulaspis, Tuojiangella, Urbanaspis, Welleraspis, Yukonaspis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Quebec collections), Greenland (10), United States (2: Vermont)

Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences

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