Oryctocephalus lancastrioides Shergold 1969 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Alternative combination: Oryctocephalina lancastrioides

Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1969. Oryctocephalidae (Trilobita: Middle Cambrian) of Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics 104:1-66

Belongs to Oryctocephalus according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 1997

See also Shergold 1969

Sister taxa: Oryctocephalus americanus, Oryctocephalus elongatus, Oryctocephalus granulatus, Oryctocephalus incurvus, Oryctocephalus indicus, Oryctocephalus maladensis, Oryctocephalus nyensis, Oryctocephalus orientalis, Oryctocephalus primus, Oryctocephalus reticulatus

Type specimen: CPC 8421, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is NT32. 4.5 miles northeast of Supplejack Bore (Elkedra station)., which is in a Templetonian marine shale/limestone in the Sandover Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at NT32. 4.5 miles northeast of Supplejack Bore (Elkedra station).

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