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: Parahousia
Subtaxa: Prehousia alata Prehousia diverta Prehousia impolita Prehousia indenta Prehousia prima Prehousia semicircularis
Type: Prehousia alata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (4 collections), United States (31: Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Utah)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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