Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1939. The Spence Shale and its fauna. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(12):1-29
Belongs to Zacanthoides according to C. E. Resser 1939
Sister taxa: Zacanthoides abbreviatus, Zacanthoides adjunctus, Zacanthoides alatus, Zacanthoides demissus, Zacanthoides divergens, Zacanthoides eatoni, Zacanthoides fronslicinus, Zacanthoides gilberti, Zacanthoides gradatus, Zacanthoides holopygous, Zacanthoides holopygus, Zacanthoides idahoensis, Zacanthoides kelsayae, Zacanthoides liddelli, Zacanthoides marshalli, Zacanthoides sampsoni, Zacanthoides spinosus, Zacanthoides typicalis, Zacanthoides variacantha, Zacanthoides walapai
Type specimen: USNM 96502, a pygidium
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lead Bell Shale, Liberty (Cambrian of Idaho)
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