†Erixanium carinatum Palmer 1965 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
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 Erixanium according to A. R. Palmer 1965
Sister taxa: Erixanium multisegmentus, Erixanium rectangularis, Erixanium sentum
Type specimen: USNM 141749, a pygidium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Kazakhstan (4 collections), United States (2: Nevada, Utah)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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