Zacanthoides demissus Fritz 1968 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

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 Zacanthoides according to W. H. Fritz 1968

Sister taxa: Zacanthoides abbreviatus, Zacanthoides adjunctus, Zacanthoides divergens, Zacanthoides eatoni, Zacanthoides fronslicinus, Zacanthoides gradatus, Zacanthoides holopygous, Zacanthoides holopygus, Zacanthoides idahoensis, Zacanthoides kelsayae, Zacanthoides liddelli, Zacanthoides marshalli, Zacanthoides sampsoni, Zacanthoides serratus, Zacanthoides spinosus, Zacanthoides typicalis, Zacanthoides variacantha, Zacanthoides walapai

Type specimen: USNM 153630, a pygidium

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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

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