Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalidae according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arthricocephalus, Balangia, Barklyella, Changaspis, Cheiruroides, Cheiruroididae, Curvoryctocephalus, Duyunaspis, Euarthricocephalus, Feilongshania, Hunanocephalus, Kunshanaspis, Lancastria, Metabalangia, Metarthricocephalus, Opsiosoryctocephalus, Oryctocara, Oryctocare, Oryctocarinae, Oryctocephalina, Oryctocephalinae, Oryctocephaloides, Oryctocephalops, Paleooryctocephalus, Protoryctocephalus, Sandoveria, Shabaella, Shergoldiella, Tonkinellinae
Subtaxa: Thoracocare idahoensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (5: California-Nevada, Idaho, Nevada collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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