Elliptocephala walcotti Lieberman 1999 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae

Full reference: B. S. Lieberman. 1999. Systematic revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University 45:1-150

Belongs to Elliptocephala according to B. S. Lieberman 1999

Sister taxa: Elliptocephala asaphoides, Elliptocephala bicensis, Elliptocephala jaredi, Elliptocephala laxocules, Elliptocephala logani, Elliptocephala lundgreni, Elliptocephala mediocris, Elliptocephala mirabilis, Elliptocephala paraoculus, Elliptocephala parvifrons, Elliptocephala praenuntius, Elliptocephala sequomalus

Type specimen: GSC 27291. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73040, which is in a Cambrian marine dolomite in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Sekwi Formation - collection 73040

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