Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Parent taxon: Lonchocephalidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amiaspis, Bolaspidellus, Calymenidius, Caulaspina, Caulaspis, Durinia, Glaphyraspis, Hawkinsaspis, Interalia, Kuraspis, Kuraspoides, Lonchocephalus, Monosulcatina, Neoglaphyraspis, Neograciella, Nordia, Olegaspis, Pseudotalbotina, Quebecaspis, Raashellina, Talbotina, Trymataspis, Weeksina
Subtaxa: Terranovella arcuata Terranovella brevis Terranovella dorsalis Terranovella obscura
Type: Terranovella obscura
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (17: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Yukon collections), United States (10: South Dakota, Utah, Virginia)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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