Amecephalus strangulatus Mason 1935 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Full reference: J. F. Mason. 1935. Fauna of the Cambrian Cadiz Formation, Marble Mountains, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 34(2):97-120

Belongs to Amecephalus according to J. F. Mason 1935

Sister taxa: Amecephalus agnesensis, Amecephalus arrojosensis, Amecephalus cleora, Amecephalus idahoense, Amecephalus laticaudum, Amecephalus piochensis, Strotocephalus gordonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Marble Mountains, near Cadiz (coll. Bradley and Mason 1934), which is in a Delamaran marine limestone/shale in the Cadiz Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Marble Mountains, near Cadiz (coll. Bradley and Mason 1934)

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