†Dunderbergia polybothra Palmer 1960 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1960. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Dunderberg Shale, Eureka District, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 334-C:53-107
Belongs to Dunderbergia according to A. R. Palmer 1960
Sister taxa: Dunderbergia bigranulosa, Dunderbergia brevispina, Dunderbergia calculosa, Dunderbergia halli, Dunderbergia simplex, Dunderbergia variagranula
Type specimen: USNM 136845, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: Nevada, Nevada and Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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