Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1961. Dresbachian and Franconian trilobites of the Conococheague and Frederick Limestones of the central Appalachians. Journal of Paleontology 35(1):104-124
Parent taxon: Aphelaspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphella, Aphelaspis, Apheloides, Dicanthopyge, Erixanium, Eugonocare, Kazakhius, Kobayashella, Listroa, Litocephalus, Maduiya, Nganasanella, Notoaphelaspis, Olenaspella, Olentella, Pseudeugonocare, Taenora, Tamaranella
Subtaxa: Taenicephalites macrops Taenicephalites plerus
Type: Taenicephalites macrops
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (21 collections), United States (3: Vermont, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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