Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1960. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Dunderberg Shale, Eureka District, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334-C:53-107
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliinae according to M. J. Hopkins 2011
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Pterocephalia, Sigmocheilus, Strigambitus
Subtaxa: Cernuolimbus arcticus Cernuolimbus depressus Cernuolimbus granulosus Cernuolimbus laevifrons Cernuolimbus monilis Cernuolimbus orygmatos Cernuolimbus semigranulosus
Type: Cernuolimbus orygmatos
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (5: British Columbia, Yukon collections), United States (19: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Utah)
Total: 24 collections including 26 occurrences
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