Holmiella falcuta 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

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

Type specimen: GSC 27277, a pygidium. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73034, 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 (3: Northwest Territories collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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