Crotalocephalina Pibyl and Vanek 1964 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Synonyms: Gibbocephalus Pillet 1965 [objective synonym], Mezocrotalus Maksimova 1978

Parent taxon: Cheirurinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021

See also Chlupáč 1982, Holloway and Neil 1982, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sandford 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Azyptyx, Ceraurinella, Ceraurinus, Hadromeros, Leviceraurus, Paraceraurus

Subtaxa: Crotalocephalina (Crotalocephalina) Crotalocephalina chlupaci Crotalocephalina gibbus Crotalocephalina globifrons

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (23), Italy (3), Morocco (13)

Total: 40 collections including 47 occurrences

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