Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Alternative spelling: Conocoryphe (Ptychoparia)
Synonym: Agraulopsis Ruzicka 1940
Parent taxon: Ptychopariinae according to V. Kordule 2006
See also Henningsmoen 1952, Jell and Adrain 2002, Meek 1873, Sepkoski 2002 and Snajdr 1958
Sister taxa: Mikaparia, Ptychoparioides
Subtaxa: Ptychoparia anderseni Ptychoparia anytus Ptychoparia candace Ptychoparia candace Ptychoparia dubinka Ptychoparia logani Ptychoparia nitidus Ptychoparia pylas Ptychoparia striata Ptychoparia striatus Ptychoparia tuberosa Ptychoparia unisulcatus
Type: Conocephalites striatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (7: British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon collections), Czechia (4), India (1), Mexico (1), South Korea (3), United States (4: Montana, Nevada, New York)
• Amgan of Czechia (2), Norway (1)
• Solvan of Czechia (6)
Total: 29 collections including 33 occurrences
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