Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
Alternative combinations: Acrocephalites lataegenae, Cliffia latagenae
Full reference: J. L. Wilson. 1949. The trilobite fauna of the Elvina zone in the Basal Wilberns limestone of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 23(1):25-44
Belongs to Cliffia according to J. F. Taylor et al. 1999
See also Hohensee and Stitt 1989, Westrop 1986 and Wilson 1949
Sister taxa: Cliffia magnacilis, Cliffia nicoleae
Type specimen: CW- 35, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is 42-13w.6, which is in a Furongian marine limestone in the Wilberns Formation of Texas.
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (6: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon collections), United States (51: Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 57 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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