Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(2):13-48
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Walcott 1908
Sister taxa: Arthricocephalus, Balangia, Barklyella, Changaspis, Cheiruroides, Cheiruroididae, Curvoryctocephalus, Duyunaspis, Euarthricocephalus, Feilongshania, Hunanocephalus, Kunshanaspis, Lancastria, Metabalangia, Metarthricocephalus, Opsiosoryctocephalus, Oryctocare, Oryctocarinae, Oryctocephalina, Oryctocephalinae, Oryctocephaloides, Oryctocephalops, Paleooryctocephalus, Protoryctocephalus, Sandoveria, Shabaella, Shergoldiella, Thoracocare, Tonkinellinae
Subtaxa: Oryctocara geikei Oryctocara geikiei
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Mexico (1), United States (3: Idaho, Utah)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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