Pagetia mucrogena Fritz 1968 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1968. Lower and early Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Pioche Shale, East-Central Nevada, U.S.A. Palaeontology 11:36-43

Belongs to Pagetia according to W. H. Fritz 1968

Sister taxa: Pagetia aspinosa, Pagetia bootes, Pagetia claytonensis, Pagetia clytia, Pagetia danzhaiensis, Pagetia dayongensis, Pagetia ellsi, Pagetia ferox, Pagetia fossula, Pagetia longispina, Pagetia resseri, Pagetia rugosa, Pagetia taijiangensis

Type specimen: USNM 153652, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pioche Shale, Bed 18 ( of Nevada)

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