Pagetia fossula Resser 1938 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Middle Cambrian fossils from Pend Oreille Lake, Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(3):1-12

Belongs to Pagetia according to F. A. Sundberg 2018

See also Resser 1938

Sister taxa: Pagetia aspinosa, Pagetia bootes, Pagetia claytonensis, Pagetia clytia, Pagetia danzhaiensis, Pagetia dayongensis, Pagetia ellsi, Pagetia longispina, Pagetia mucrogena, Pagetia resseri, Pagetia rugosa, Pagetia taijiangensis

Type specimen: USNM 95026. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: Idaho, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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