Zacanthoides kelsayae Shaw 1957 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Full reference: A. B. Shaw. 1957. Paleontology of Northwestern Vermont. VI. The early Middle Cambrian fauna. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):785-792

Belongs to Zacanthoides according to A. B. Shaw 1957

Sister taxa: Zacanthoides abbreviatus, Zacanthoides adjunctus, Zacanthoides alatus, Zacanthoides demissus, Zacanthoides divergens, Zacanthoides eatoni, Zacanthoides fronslicinus, Zacanthoides gilberti, Zacanthoides gradatus, Zacanthoides holopygous, Zacanthoides holopygus, Zacanthoides idahoensis, Zacanthoides liddelli, Zacanthoides marshalli, Zacanthoides sampsoni, Zacanthoides serratus, Zacanthoides spinosus, Zacanthoides typicalis, Zacanthoides variacantha, Zacanthoides walapai

Type specimen: Its type locality is SA-NE-9, which is in a St Davids carbonate limestone/shale in the Parker Slate Formation of Vermont

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at SA-NE-9

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