Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Synonym: Carrickia Tripp 1965
Parent taxon: Telephinidae according to A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton 1980
See also Fortey 1975, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Tripp 1976
Sister taxa: Carolinites, Carrickiinae, Goniophrys, Oopsites, Opipeuter, Opipeuteridae, Pyraustocranium, Telephina
Subtaxa: Phorocephala pelagia Phorocephala pinguimitra Phorocephala setoni Phorocephala shizipuensis Phorocephala typa
Type: Phorocephala typa
Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Quebec collections), United States (5: Nevada, New York, Vermont)
• Chazyan of Canada (11: Northwest Territories)
• Arenig of Australia (2), China (2)
• Ordovician of China (7), Iran (2), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences
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