Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1960. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Dunderberg Shale, Eureka District, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334-C:53-107
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anechocephalus, Aphelaspidinae, Beigongia, Bromella, Cilia, Dikelocephalites, Flabellocephalus, Housia, Housiinae, Jubileia, Labiostrella, Lunacephalus, Luotuolingia, Metachangshania, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis
Subtaxa: Morosa bothra Morosa brevispina Morosa extensa Morosa longispina
Type: Morosa longispina
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (11: Arkansas, California, Nevada collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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