Nevadella keelensis Abe et al. 2010 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Nevadiidae

Full reference: F. R. Abe, B. S. Lieberman, M. C. Pope and K. Dilliard. 2010. New information on olenelline trilobites from the Cambrian Sekwi Formation in northwestern Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47(12):1445

Belongs to Nevadella according to F. R. Abe et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Nevadella bacculenta, Nevadella cartlandi, Nevadella effusa, Nevadella eucharis, Nevadella faceta, Nevadella mountjoyi, Nevadella perfecta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Section 12, 230-240 m, Sekwi Formation, Nevadella zone, which is in an Atdabanian shallow subtidal carbonate/shale in the Sekwi Formation of Canada

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Section 12, 230-240 m, Sekwi Formation, Nevadella zone

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