†Mystrocephala Whittington 1960 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Parent taxon: Brachymetopidae according to J. M. Adrain and G. J. Kloc 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens and Hammann 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australosutura, Brachymetopinae, Cheiropyge, Cordania, Hahnus, Latecephalus, Narinia
Subtaxa: Mystrocephala pulchra Mystrocephala stummi
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (4: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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