Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Parent taxon: Dokimocephalidae according to J. F. Taylor et al. 2009
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alekcinella, Anemocephalus, Anuloides, Apachia, Bellaspidella, Bellaspis, Beothuckia, Burnetiella, Calocephalites, Chalfontia, Conaspis, 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: Deadwoodia duris
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (22: Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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