Artiopoda - 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 Syspacephalus according to W. H. Fritz 1972
Sister taxa: Ptychoparella lloydi, Ptychoparella mettae, Ptychoparella minuta, Ptychoparella usualis, Syspacephalus gregarius, Syspacephalus mccollumorum, Syspacephalus variosus, Syspacephalus longus, Syspacephalus cadyi, Syspacephalus laticeps, Syspacephalus werneckensis, Syspacephalus crassus, Syspacephalus charops
Type specimen: GSC 27455, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73075, 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 73075
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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