Trilobita - Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1995. Esmeraldina rowei and associated Lower Cambrian trilobites (1f fauna) at the base of Walcott's Waucoban Series, southern Great Basin, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 69(4):708-723
Parent taxon: Holmiidae according to J. S. Hollingsworth 2006
See also Ebbestad et al. 2003, Lieberman 1999, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Andalusiana, Callaviinae, Cambropallas, Elliptocephalus, Esmeraldina, Grandinasus, Holmia, Holmiella, Holmiinae, Iyouella, Montezumaspis, Postfallotaspis
Subtaxa: Palmettaspis consorta Palmettaspis lidensis Palmettaspis parallela
Type: Palmettaspis consorta
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (5: Nevada collections)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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