†Coosia alethes Walcott 1916 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Alternative combination: Blountia alethes
Full reference: C.D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 5. Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64:303-456
Belongs to Coosia according to J. H. Stitt and P. J. Perfetta 2000
See also Walcott 1916
Sister taxa: Coosia longocula, Coosia pernamagna
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (28: South Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming collections)
Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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