Mystrocephala Whittington 1960 (trilobite)

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 stummi

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (3: Indiana, Iowa)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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