Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Full reference: G. Geyer and J. S. Peel. 2011. The Henson Gletscher Formation, North Greenland, and its bearing on the global Cambrian Series 2–Series 3 boundary. Bulletin of Geosciences 86(3):465-534
Belongs to Protoryctocephalus according to G. Geyer and J. S. Peel 2011
Sister taxa: Protoryctocephalus balangensis, Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis
Type specimen: MGUH 23494, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is GGU 218610 & 218611. Snout of Henson Gletscher, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Henson Gletscher Formation of Greenland.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Greenland (6 collections), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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