Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliidae according to J. R. Paterson and J. R. Laurie 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Pulchricapitus, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis
Subtaxa: Protemnites waergangensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Taoyuanian of China (2 collections)
• Cambrian of Australia (2), Kazakhstan (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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