Minupeltis definita Palmer 1965 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

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

Sister taxon: Minupeltis conservator

Type specimen: USNM 141771, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Minupeltis definita in the database

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