Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131
Belongs to Bristolia according to B. S. Lieberman 1999
See also Palmer and Halley 1979
Sister taxa: Bristolia anteros, Bristolia bristolensis, Bristolia colberti, Bristolia harringtoni, Bristolia insolens, Bristolia mohavensis
Type specimen: USNM 177190. Its type locality is Grapevine Mountains (USGS 4144-CO), which is in a Dyeran shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Carrara Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (8: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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