Yunnanocephalus Kobayashi 1936 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Yunnanocephalidae

Synonym: Pseudoptychoparia Ting 1940 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Yunnanocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Hintze 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Elicicola, Luaspis, Pinarella, Wangzishia

Subtaxa: Yunnanocephalus planifrons Yunnanocephalus subparallelus Yunnanocephalus yunnanensis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (4), China (27)

Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences

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