Ceratocephala impedita Etheridge and Mitchell 1896 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Belongs to Ceratocephala according to Etheridge and Mitchell 1896

Sister taxa: Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina), Ceratocephala depauperata, Ceratocephala exigua, Ceratocephala goniata, Ceratocephala graffhami, Ceratocephala laciniata, Ceratocephala laticapitata, Ceratocephala phalaenocephala, Ceratocephala rarispina, Ceratocephala triacantheis, Ceratocephala vexilla, Onychaspis laticapitata, Onchaspis confraga, Trapelocera bicuspis

Type specimen: A. M. f. 27973 [lectotype chosen by Chatterton 1971], a cephalon/head (cranidium).

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Odontochile Community, Rainbow Hill Member, Yass Syncline (Silurian of Australia)

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