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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