Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Alternative combination: Oryctocephalus reynoldsi
Synonyms: Oryctocephalites walcotti Resser 1938, Oryctocephalus walcotti Resser 1938
Belongs to Oryctocephalites according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 1997
See also Resser 1938 and Webster and Sundberg 2020
Sister taxa: Oryctocephalites (Parachangaspis), Oryctocephalites alexandriensis, Oryctocephalites burgessensis, Oryctocephalites gelasinus, Oryctocephalites incertus, Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis, Oryctocephalites limbatus, Oryctocephalites longus, Oryctocephalites opiki, Oryctocephalites palmeri, Oryctocephalites rasettii, Oryctocephalites resseri, Oryctocephalites reynoldsiformis, Oryctocephalites runcinatus, Oryctocephalites salteri, Oryctocephalites sulcatus, Oryctocephalites taijiangensis, Oryctocephalites typicalis, Oryctocephalites vicinus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: Idaho, Utah collections)
• Solvan of Australia (1)
• Delamaran of United States (3: California, Idaho, Utah)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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