Trilobita - 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 Strigambitus according to A. R. Palmer 1965
Sister taxa: Strigambitus bilobus, Strigambitus transversus, Strigambitus utahensis
Type specimen: USNM 141736, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is USGS loc. 756-CO, Last Chance Range, which is in a Dresbachian marine shale in the Nopah Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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