Spencia plena Resser 1939 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1939. The Spence Shale and its fauna. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(12):1-29

Belongs to Spencia according to C. E. Resser 1939

Sister taxa: Spencia quadrata, Spencia typicalis, Stauroholcus typicalis

Type specimen: USNM 96536, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lead Bell Shale, Liberty ( of Idaho)

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