Variopelta laevis Fritz 1972 (trilobite)

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 Variopelta according to W. H. Fritz 1972

Sister taxon: Variopelta brevicervicata

Type specimen: GSC 27341, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73045, which is in a Cambrian marine limestone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sekwi Formation - collection 73045

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