Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Alternative combinations: Acrocephalites americanus, Alokistocare americanum, Alokistocare americanus, Altiocculus americanum
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 3 - Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64(3):157-258
Belongs to Altiocculus according to F. A. Sundberg 1999
See also Resser 1935, Schwimmer 1989, Sundberg 1994 and Walcott 1916
Sister taxa: Altiocculus cataractense, Altiocculus concavus, Altiocculus drumensis, Altiocculus harrisi, Altiocculus sinuatum, Altiocculus striatus
Type specimen: USNM 61557 (lectotype)
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (7: Georgia collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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