Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae
Synonym: Paracrepicephalus Lochman 1936 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Tricrepicephalidae according to A. R. Palmer 1954
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Erediaspis, Meteoraspis
Subtaxa: Tricrepicephalus asiaticus Tricrepicephalus comus Tricrepicephalus coria Tricrepicephalus magnispinus Tricrepicephalus texanus Tricrepicephalus thoosa Tricrepicephalus tripunctatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon), China (1), United States (87: Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)
Total: 99 collections including 116 occurrences
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