Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae
Alternative combinations: Mesonacis insolens, Olenellus insolens
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1928. Cambrian fossils from the Mohave desert. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81(2):1-14
Belongs to Bristolia according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Harrington 1956, Resser 1928 and Riccio 1952
Sister taxa: Bristolia anteros, Bristolia bristolensis, Bristolia colberti, Bristolia fragilis, Bristolia harringtoni, Bristolia mohavensis
Type specimen: USNM 78386, 78387, 78388, 78389
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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