Paralbertella Palmer and Halley 1979 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Full reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131

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: Albertella, Albertellina, Albertelloides, Chuchiaspis, Danjiangella, Delamarella, Fieldaspis, Mexicaspis, Micmaccopsis, Panxinella, Parkaspis, Prozacanthoides, Pseudozacanthopsis, Ptarmiganoides, Qingzhenaspis, Stephenaspis, Ursinella, Vanuxemella, Zacanthoides, Zacanthopsina, Zacanthopsis

Subtaxa: Paralbertella bosworthi

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections), United States (6: California, Nevada, Nevada and California)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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