Onchonotopsis Rasetti 1946 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Alternative spelling: Onchonotopis

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acheilops, Buttsia, Calculites, Catillicephala, Cryptoderaspis, Distazeris, Galeaspis, Lajishanaspis, Madarocephalus, Matania, Onchonotellus, Onchonotus, Pemphigaspis, Peracheilus, Theodenisia, Theodensia, Triarthropsis, Tumidulaspis, Tuojiangella, Urbanaspis, Welleraspis, Yukonaspis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Greenland (9), United States (4: Alaska, Vermont)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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