Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Alternative spelling: Lorretina
Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1971. Late Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Gola Beds, western Queensland. Commonwealth of Australia, Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics Bullein 112:1-87
Parent taxon: Dokimocephalidae according to S. Peng 1992
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Smith and Jell 1990
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, Obrucheviaspis, Pinctus, Pseudosaratogia, Ritella, Saimachia, Stittella, Sulcocephalus, Taenicephalina, Tatulaspis, Tchuostachia, Whittingtonella, Wilsonarella, Wuhuia
Subtaxa: Lorrettina depressa Lorrettina licina Lorrettina macrops Lorrettina shenjiawanensis
Type: Lorrettina macrops
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (14 collections), China (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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