Alokistocare stephenensis Resser 1935 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46

Belongs to Alokistocare according to C. E. Resser 1935

Sister taxa: Alokistocare alta, Alokistocare althea, Alokistocare aoris, Alokistocare charax, Alokistocare georgense, Alokistocare modestum, Alokistocare nactum, Alokistocare nasutum, Alokistocare natale, Alokistocare noduliferum, Alokistocare normale, Alokistocare notatum, Alokistocare nothum, Alokistocare paranotatum, Alokistocare pomona, Alokistocare punctatum, Alokistocare septum, Alokistocare spencense, Alokistocare subcoronatum, Alokistocare swasii

Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM locality 58k. Upper part of formation. Mt. Stephen, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone in the Mt. Whyte Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USNM locality 58k. Upper part of formation. Mt. Stephen

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