Kochaspis Resser 1935 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Synonyms: Palaeocrepicephalus Kobayashi 1935, Paleocrepicephalus Kobayashi 1935

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46

Parent taxon: Ptychoparioidea according to A. R. Palmer 1954

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer and Halley 1979, Sepkoski 2002 and Sundberg and McCollum 2003

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Kochaspis cooperi Kochaspis gogensis Kochaspis liliana Kochaspis nevadensis Kochaspis unzia Kochaspis upis

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Type: Crepicephalus liliana

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Mexico (1), United States (2: Nevada)

• Cambrian of United States (15: Idaho, Nevada)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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