Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Parent taxon: Catillicephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acheilops, Buttsia, Calculites, Catillicephala, Cryptoderaspis, Distazeris, Galeaspis, Lajishanaspis, Madarocephalus, Matania, Onchonotellus, Onchonotopsis, Onchonotus, Pemphigaspis, Peracheilus, Theodenisia, Theodensia, Triarthropsis, Tumidulaspis, Tuojiangella, Urbanaspis, Welleraspis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon collections)
• Cambrian of Canada (10: Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon), United States (1: Vermont)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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