Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Parent taxon: Staurocephalidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1991
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Kielan 1957, Nikolaisen 1961, Owen and Bruton 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Libertella, Oedicybele, Rongxiella
Subtaxa: Staurocephalus clavifrons Staurocephalus murchisoni Staurocephalus pilafrons Staurocephalus trichochin
Type: Staurocephalus murchisoni
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Australia (2 collections), the Czech Republic (8), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Northwest Terrorities), China (3), the Czech Republic (5), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Norway (6), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Maine)
Total: 51 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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