Pygocephalus (arthropod)

Malacostraca - Eumalacostraca - Pygocephalidae

Synonyms: Anthrapalaemon Salter 1861, Diplostylus Salter 1861, Necroscilla Woodward 1879, Palaeocarabus Salter 1861, Pygocephalus (Anthrapalaemon) Salter 1861

Parent taxon: Pygocephalidae according to F. R. Schram 1979

See also Brooks 1969, Jones and Woodward 1899 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anthracaris, Mamayocaris, Pseudotealliocaris

Subtaxa: Anthrapalaemon gracilis Pygocephalus cooperi Pygocephalus dubius

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Type: Pygocephalus cooperi

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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