Holmiella preancora Fritz 1972 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Holmiidae

Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1972. Lower Cambrian trilobites from the Sekwi Formation type section, northwestern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 212

Belongs to Holmiella according to B. S. Lieberman 1999

See also Fritz 1972 and Palmer and Repina 1993

Sister taxa: Holmiella domackae, Holmiella falcuta, Holmiella falx, Holmiella millerensis, Holmiella taurus

Type specimen: GSC 27241, a pygidium. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73030, which is in a Cambrian marine limestone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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