Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington and W.R., I.I. Evitt. 1953. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites. Geological Society of America Memoir 59:1-139
Belongs to Holia according to H. B. Whittington and W.R., II. Evitt 1953
Sister taxa: Holia anacantha, Holia glabra, Holia magnaspina, Holia secristi
Type specimen: USNM 116506. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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