Trilobita - Olenida - Cedariidae
Full reference: A.R. Palmer. 1962. Glyptagnostus and associated trilobites in the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 374(F):F1-F49
Belongs to Cedaria according to A.R. Palmer 1962
Sister taxa: Cedaria burnetensis, Cedaria eurycheilos, Cedaria prolifica, Cedaria selwyni
Type specimen: USNM 143159a, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Duck Creek [Raiff Limestone], which is in a Dresbachian marine limestone in the Raiff Limestone Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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