Dytremacephalus asperaxis Palmer 1965 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

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 Dytremacephalus according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: Dytremacephalus granulosus, Dytremacephalus laevis, Dytremacephalus strictus

Type specimen: USNM 141761, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: Nevada, Nevada and Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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