Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1961. Dresbachian and Franconian trilobites of the Conococheague and Frederick Limestones of the central Appalachians. Journal of Paleontology 35(1):104-124
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, Dellea, Delleana, Didwudina, Dokimocephalus, Glyptometopus, Iddingsia, Jingxiania, Kindbladia, Kiowaia, Kyphocephalus, Lorrettina, Obrucheviaspis, Pinctus, Pseudosaratogia, Ritella, Saimachia, Stittella, Sulcocephalus, Taenicephalina, Tatulaspis, Tchuostachia, Whittingtonella, Wilsonarella, Wuhuia
Subtaxa: Glyptometopsis marginata Glyptometopsis tumida
Type: Glyptometopsis tumida
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Vermont, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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