Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Parent taxon: Oryctocephalinae according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer and Halley 1979 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Oryctocephalus, Tonkinella
Subtaxa: Oryctocephalites (Parachangaspis) Oryctocephalites alexandriensis Oryctocephalites burgessensis Oryctocephalites gelasinus Oryctocephalites incertus Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis Oryctocephalites limbatus Oryctocephalites longus Oryctocephalites opiki Oryctocephalites palmeri Oryctocephalites rasettii Oryctocephalites resseri Oryctocephalites reynoldsi Oryctocephalites reynoldsiformis Oryctocephalites runcinatus Oryctocephalites salteri Oryctocephalites sulcatus Oryctocephalites taijiangensis Oryctocephalites typicalis Oryctocephalites vicinus
Type: Oryctocephalites typicalis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), China (7), India (5), United States (14: Idaho, Nevada, Utah)
• Solvan of Australia (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (1: Nevada)
• Amgan of the Russian Federation (2)
• Delamaran of Canada (5: British Columbia), United States (20: California, Idaho, Nevada, Nevada and California, Utah)
Total: 58 collections including 63 occurrences
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