Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1991. Lower Cambrian Trilobites from the Illtyd Formation, Wernecke Mountains, Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 409
Belongs to Syspacephalus according to W. H. Fritz 1991
Sister taxa: Ptychoparella lloydi, Ptychoparella mettae, Ptychoparella minuta, Ptychoparella usualis, Syspacephalus charops, Syspacephalus cadyi, Syspacephalus variosus, Syspacephalus gregarius, Syspacephalus mccollumorum, Syspacephalus laticeps, Syspacephalus longus, Syspacephalus vapidus, Syspacephalus crassus
Type specimen: GSC 91722, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Collection 90666, which is in a Dyeran marine dolomite/limestone in the Illtyd Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Collection 90666
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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