Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Parent taxon: Catillicephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acheilops, Buttsia, Calculites, Catillicephala, Cryptoderaspis, Galeaspis, Lajishanaspis, Madarocephalus, Matania, Onchonotellus, Onchonotopsis, Onchonotus, Pemphigaspis, Peracheilus, Theodenisia, Theodensia, Triarthropsis, Tumidulaspis, Tuojiangella, Urbanaspis, Welleraspis, Yukonaspis
Subtaxa: Distazeris hunanensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Canada (1: Yukon), China (17), Greenland (3), Kazakhstan (3)
Total: 26 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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