Artiopoda - 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), Czechia (8), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Northwest Terrorities), China (3), Czechia (6), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Norway (6), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Maine)
Total: 52 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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