Trigocephalus Duan et al. 1999 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae

Full reference: Y. Duan, J. L. Yang, and G. R. Shi. 1999. Middle and Upper Cambrian polymerid trilobites and biostratigraphy, Fenghuang area, western Hunan Province, China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 111(2):141-172

Parent taxon: Diceratocephalidae according to Z. Zhou and Y. Zhen 2008

See also Duan et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Anopocodia, Aulacodigma, Cyclolorenzella, Diceratocephalus, Fenghuangella, Tholifrons

Subtaxa: Trigocephalus trigoformis

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Type: Trigocephalus trigoformis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Haichongkou, bed 22 (Cambrian of China)

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