Taenicephalus Ulrich and Resser 1924 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Synonyms: Bemaspis Frederickson 1949, Maustonia Berg 1953

Parent taxon: Parabolinoididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Abdulinaspis, Apomodocia, Croixana, Kendallina, Minkella, Orygmaspis, Pedinocephalus, Pesaiella, Roksaspis, Stigmacephaloides

Subtaxa: Taenicephalus polyaricus Taenicephalus shumardi

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Type: Conocephalites shumardi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (4: Alberta, Yukon collections), the Russian Federation (3), United States (40: Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)

Total: 47 collections including 54 occurrences

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