Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Synonyms: Eocorycephalus Reed 1925 [objective synonym], Neosynphoria Pillet 1954 [objective synonym]
Full reference: J. M. Clarke. 1900. The Oriskany fauna of Becraft Mountain, Columbia County, N. Y. New York State Museum Bulletin 3(3):1-128
Parent taxon: Dalmanitidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Acastavinae, Acastinae, Anchiopsis, Andreaspis, Argentopyge, Bessazoon, Blanodalmanites, Chattiaspis, Coronura, Corycephalus, Crozonaspis, Dalmanites, Dalmanitina, Dalmanitininae, Dalmaniturus, Daytonia, Delops, Dreyfussina, Duftonia, Fenestraspis, Forillonaria, Francovichia, Furacopyge, Gamonedaspis, Glyptambon, Huntoniatonia, Kazachstania, Lygdozoon, Malladaia, Morgatia, Mucronaspis, Neoprobolium, Odontocephalus, Odontochile, Ormathops, Phalangocephalus, Preodontochile, Prodontochile, Reussiana, Roncellia, Schoharia, Synphoriinae, Synphoroides, Toletanaspis, Trypaulites, Zeliszkellinae, Zlichovaspis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (4: Ontario, Quebec collections), Colombia (1), United States (1: New York)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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