Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
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 Cernuolimbus according to A. R. Palmer 1965
Sister taxa: Cernuolimbus arcticus, Cernuolimbus depressus, Cernuolimbus laevifrons, Cernuolimbus monilis, Cernuolimbus orygmatos, Cernuolimbus semigranulosus
Type specimen: USNM 141715, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (7: California, Nevada, Nevada and Utah, Utah collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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