Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1965. Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493:1-105
Parent taxon: Pterocephaliinae according to M. J. Hopkins 2011
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cernuolimbus, Pterocephalia, Sigmocheilus
Subtaxa: Strigambitus bilobus Strigambitus blepharina Strigambitus transversus Strigambitus utahensis
Type: Strigambitus transversus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (21: California, Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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