†Oligometopus contractus Palmer 1965 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1965. Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493:1-105
Belongs to Oligometopus according to A. R. Palmer 1965
Sister taxon: Oligometopus breviceps
Type specimen: USNM 141507, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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