Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Alternative combination: Caborcella clinolimbata
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1968. Lower and early Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Pioche Shale, East-Central Nevada, U.S.A. Palaeontology 11:36-43
Belongs to Nyella according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
See also Fritz 1968
Sister taxa: Palmerara granosa, Nyella immoderata, Nyella skapta, Nyella plana, Nyella columbiana, Nyella rara
Type specimen: USNM 153628, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 9, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Delamaran of United States (4: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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