Trilobita - Redlichiida - Wanneriidae
Alternative combination: Wanneria parvifrons
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 Elliptocephala according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Fritz 1972
Sister taxa: Elliptocephala asaphoides, Elliptocephala bicensis, Elliptocephala jaredi, Elliptocephala laxocules, Elliptocephala logani, Elliptocephala lundgreni, Elliptocephala mediocris, Elliptocephala mirabilis, Elliptocephala paraoculus, Elliptocephala praenuntius, Elliptocephala sequomalus, Elliptocephala walcotti
Type specimen: GSC 27355, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73049, 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 (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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