Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: G. K. Ergaliev. 1980. Trilobity srednego i verkhnego Kembriya Malogo Karatau [Middle and Upper Cambrian trilobites from Malyy Karatau] 1-211
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, Maladioides, Metachangshania, Morosa, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis
Subtaxa: Proapatokephaloides longiformis
Type: Proapatokephaloides longiformis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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