Parahousia Palmer 1960 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1960. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Dunderberg Shale, Eureka District, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334-C:53-107

Parent taxon: Housiinae according to M. J. Hopkins 2011

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Prehousia

Subtaxa: Parahousia constricta Parahousia subequalis

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Type: Parahousia constricta

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), United States (7: Missouri, Nevada)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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