Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
Alternative combination: Bynumiella acuminata
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 Aphelotoxon according to A. R. Palmer 1965
See also Palmer 1960
Sister taxa: Aphelotoxon granulosus, Aphelotoxon limbata, Aphelotoxon lumaleasa, Aphelotoxon marginata, Aphelotoxon punctata, Aphelotoxon spinosus
Type specimen: USNM 136903, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (9: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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