Litocephalus verruculapeza Palmer 1960 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

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 Litocephalus according to A. R. Palmer 1960

Sister taxa: Litocephalus granulomarginatus, Litocephalus magnus

Type specimen: USNM 136881, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 2544-CO (Cambrian of Nevada)

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