Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
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, Metachangshania, Morosa, Paramaladioidella, Pauciella, Pedinaspis, Pedinocephalites, Pelicephalus, Plesiocilia, Proapatokephaloides, Prodikelocephalites, Protemnites, Pseudaphelaspis, Pterocephaliinae, Stenambon, Tumicephalus, Uxunella, Yangweizhouia, Yingziaspis, Camaraspis
Subtaxa: Pulchricapitus fetosus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (12: Arkansas, Missouri)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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