Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1972. Lower Cambrian trilobites from the Sekwi Formation type section, northwestern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 212
Belongs to Proliostracus according to W. H. Fritz 1972
Sister taxa: Proliostracus ampliatus, Proliostracus annosus, Proliostracus depressus, Proliostracus latus
Type specimen: GSC 27306, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73042, which is in a Cambrian marine shale in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Alberta, Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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