Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1965. Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493:1-105
Parent taxon: Aphelaspididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphella, Aphelaspis, Apheloides, Erixanium, Eugonocare, Kazakhius, Kobayashella, Listroa, Litocephalus, Maduiya, Nganasanella, Notoaphelaspis, Olenaspella, Olentella, Pseudeugonocare, Taenicephalites, Taenora, Tamaranella
Subtaxa: Dicanthopyge convergens Dicanthopyge quadrata Dicanthopyge reductus
Type: Dicanthopyge quadrata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (17: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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