Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Synonym: Querandinia Rusconi 1954
Parent taxon: Crepicephalidae according to C. J. Bentley et al. 2006
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Tortello 2023
Sister taxa: Bagongshania, Coosina, Coosinoides, Crepicephalina, Crepicephalus, Hsuchuangia, Idioura, Kasatchaspis, Sinocoosella, Sinocrepicephalus, Temnoura, Uncaspis, Zaozhuangaspis
Subtaxa: Coosia alethes Coosia conicephala Coosia longocula Coosia pernamagna Coosia superba
Type: Coosia superba
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (2 collections), Argentina (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland, Yukon), China (2), Mexico (1), United States (54: Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)
Total: 62 collections including 64 occurrences
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