Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Synonym: Burnetia Walcott 1924 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Dokimocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alekcinella, Anemocephalus, Anuloides, Apachia, Bellaspidella, Bellaspis, Beothuckia, Calocephalites, Chalfontia, Conaspis, Deadwoodia, Deckera, Dellea, Delleana, Didwudina, Dokimocephalus, Glyptometopsis, Glyptometopus, Iddingsia, Jingxiania, Kindbladia, Kiowaia, Kyphocephalus, Lorrettina, Obrucheviaspis, Pinctus, Pseudosaratogia, Ritella, Saimachia, Stittella, Sulcocephalus, Taenicephalina, Tatulaspis, Tchuostachia, Whittingtonella, Wilsonarella, Wuhuia
Subtaxa: Burnetiella alta Burnetiella urania
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (34: Arkansas, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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