Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Alternative combinations: Dicellocephalus quadriceps, Dikelocephalus quadriceps, Dorypyge quadriceps, Olenoides quadriceps
Belongs to Kootenia according to A. R. Palmer 1954
See also Mason 1935, Sundberg 1994 and Walcott 1884
Sister taxa: Kootenia acicularis, Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, Kootenia crassinucha, Kootenia dawsoni, Kootenia diutina, Kootenia exilaxata, Kootenia fida, Kootenia fuyangensis, Kootenia germana, Kootenia gracilens, Kootenia gracilis, Kootenia henglinheensis, Kootenia idahoensis, Kootenia jialaoensis, Kootenia longa, Kootenia margoindistincta, Kootenia mathewsi, Kootenia randolphi, Kootenia sanwanensis, Kootenia shangwanensis, Kootenia shanxiensis, Kootenia spencei, Kootenia styrax, Kootenia yichunensis, Kootenia yui
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (1: Utah collection)
• Delamaran of United States (4: California, Utah)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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