Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to T. Y. Park and D. K. Choi 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Yang et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Aphelaspidinae, Beigongia, Bromella, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Flabellocephalus, Housia, Housiinae, Jubileia, Labiostrella, Lunacephalus, Luotuolingia, Metachangshania, Morosa, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis
Subtaxa: Maladioides coreanicus Maladioides qinlingensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (2 collections), South Korea (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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