Trilobita - Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Alternative combination: Esmeraldina lidensis
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1995. Esmeraldina rowei and associated Lower Cambrian trilobites (1f fauna) at the base of Walcott's Waucoban Series, southern Great Basin, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 69(4):708-723
Belongs to Palmettaspis according to J. S. Hollingsworth 2006
See also Fritz 1995 and Lieberman 1999
Sister taxa: Palmettaspis consorta, Palmettaspis parallela
Type specimen: USNM 476020, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is UNSM "Green" Locality 1f, which is in a Montezuman marine siltstone in the Campito Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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