Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Alternative combinations: Alokistocare agnesensis, Olenopsis agnesensis
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian geology and paleontology 2. No. 8: The Sardinian Cambrian genus Olenopsis in America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(8):239-249
Belongs to Amecephalus according to F. A. Sundberg 2004
See also Resser 1935
Sister taxa: Amecephalus arrojosensis, Amecephalus cleora, Amecephalus idahoense, Amecephalus jamisoni, Amecephalus laticaudum, Amecephalus normale, Amecephalus piochensis, Amecephalus strangulatus, Strotocephalus gordonensis
Type specimen: USNM 58363
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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