Dunderbergia brevispina Palmer 1965 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

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 Dunderbergia according to A. R. Palmer 1965

Sister taxa: Dunderbergia bigranulosa, Dunderbergia calculosa, Dunderbergia halli, Dunderbergia polybothra, Dunderbergia simplex, Dunderbergia variagranula

Type specimen: USNM 141564, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (3: Nevada collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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