†Cheilocephalus brachyops Palmer 1965 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1965. Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493:1-105
Belongs to Cheilocephalus according to A. R. Palmer 1965
Sister taxa: Cheilocephalus brevilobus, Cheilocephalus granulosus, Cheilocephalus minutus, Pseudolisania hisingeri
Type specimen: USNM 141514, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (13: Arkansas, California, Nevada, Nevada and Utah collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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