Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Synonym: Eshelmania Wilson 1951
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, Burnetiella, Calocephalites, Chalfontia, Conaspis, Deckera, 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: Dellea laevis Dellea planafrons Dellea punctata Dellea suada Dellea wilbernsensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (7: Alberta, Yukon), United States (70: Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 78 collections including 91 occurrences
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