Hintzeia firmimarginis Hintze 1953 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Alternative combination: Protopliomerops firmimarginis

Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.

Belongs to Hintzeia according to N. E. B. McAdams and J. M. Adrain 2011

See also Harrington 1957 and Hintze 1953

Sister taxa: Hintzeia actinura, Hintzeia celsaora, Hintzeia parafirmimarginis, Kanoshia depressus, Kanoshia reticulata, Kanoshia kanoshensis

Type specimen: 26423 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Utah collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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