Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Full reference: C. Lochman. 1948. New Cambrian Trilobite Genera from Northwest Sonora, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 22(4):451-464
Parent taxon: Zacanthoididae according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
See also Eddy and McCollum 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aitkenaspis, Albertella, Albertellina, Albertelloides, Chuchiaspis, Danjiangella, Delamarella, Dodoella, Fieldaspis, Mackenzieaspis, Micmaccopsis, Panxinella, Paralbertella, Parkaspis, Prozacanthoides, Pseudozacanthopsis, Ptarmiganoides, Qingzhenaspis, Stephenaspis, Ursinella, Vanuxemella, Zacanthoides, Zacanthopsina, Zacanthopsis
Subtaxa: Mexicaspis difuntosensis Mexicaspis radiatus Mexicaspis stenopyge
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (5: California, Nevada and California, Virginia)
• Solvan of United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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