Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Full reference: C. Lochman. 1938. Upper Cambrian faunas of the Cap Mountain Formation of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 12:72 -85
Belongs to Crepicephalus according to J. H. Stitt and P. J. Perfetta 2000
See also Lochman 1938
Sister taxa: Crepicephalus australis, Crepicephalus buttsi, Crepicephalus ceratopygoides, Crepicephalus iowensis
Type specimen: USNM 95509, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is outcrops along east road at Fredonia, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Cap Mountain Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (15: South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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