Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Synonym: Bernicella Frederickson 1949
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1936. Second contribution to nomenclature of Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 95(4):1-29
Parent taxon: Cheilocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aksayaspis, Cheilocephalus, Emsurella, Eotaitzuia, Lecanoaspis, Macelloura, Parakoldinia, Pseudokingstonia, Pseudokoldinia
Subtaxa: Oligometopus breviceps Oligometopus contractus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Vermont)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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