Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131
Belongs to Oryctocephalus according to F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum 2003
See also Palmer and Halley 1979 and Sundberg and McCollum 1997
Sister taxa: Oryctocephalus americanus, Oryctocephalus elongatus, Oryctocephalus granulatus, Oryctocephalus incurvus, Oryctocephalus indicus, Oryctocephalus lancastrioides, Oryctocephalus maladensis, Oryctocephalus orientalis, Oryctocephalus primus, Oryctocephalus reticulatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Belted Range, Carrara Fm, Pyramid Shale Mbr(USGS 4435-CO), which is in a Delamaran lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale/siltstone in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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