Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian geology and paleontology. V. No. 2, Cambrian and Lower Ozarkian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 75(2):55-60
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, Glyptometopsis, Glyptometopus, Jingxiania, Kindbladia, Kiowaia, Kyphocephalus, Lorrettina, Obrucheviaspis, Pinctus, Pseudosaratogia, Ritella, Saimachia, Stittella, Sulcocephalus, Taenicephalina, Tatulaspis, Tchuostachia, Whittingtonella, Wilsonarella, Wuhuia
Subtaxa: Iddingsia anatina Iddingsia hapsis Iddingsia missouriensis Iddingsia relativa Iddingsia robusta Iddingsia similis
Type: Ptychoparia similis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (24: Alaska, Arkansas, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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