Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Synonyms: Mannschreckia Stitt 1983, Mannschreekia Stitt 1983
Parent taxon: Catillicephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Westrop 1986
Sister taxa: Acheilops, Buttsia, Calculites, Catillicephala, Cryptoderaspis, Distazeris, Galeaspis, Lajishanaspis, Madarocephalus, Matania, Onchonotellus, Onchonotopsis, Onchonotus, Pemphigaspis, Peracheilus, Theodensia, Triarthropsis, Tumidulaspis, Tuojiangella, Urbanaspis, Welleraspis, Yukonaspis
Subtaxa: Theodenisia paulula
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection)
• Cambrian of Canada (14: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), the Russian Federation (3), United States (3: Texas, Vermont)
Total: 21 collections including 28 occurrences
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