Magnacephalus Stitt 1971 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Full reference: J. H. Stitt. 1971. Late Cambrian and earliest Ordovician trilobites, Timbered Hills and Lower Arbuckle Groups, Western Arbuckle Mountains, Murray County, Oklahom. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 110:1 -83

Parent taxon: Eurekiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arcadiaspis, Bandalaspis, Bayfieldia, Corbina, Corbinia, Eurekia, Leocephalus, Lochmanaspis, Maladia, Tostonia

Subtaxa: Magnacephalus smilus

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Type: Magnacephalus smilus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (3: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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