Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Alternative combination: Ptarmigania germana
Synonyms: Dolichometopsis gravis Resser 1939, Dolichometopsis potens Resser 1939, Ptarmigania agrestis Resser 1939, Ptarmigania altilis Resser 1939, Ptarmigania dignata Resser 1939
Belongs to Poliella according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
Sister taxa: Bathyuriscus (Poliella) anteros, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) balus, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) caranus, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) occidentalis, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) powersi, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) primus, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) sylla, Poliella castlensis, Poliella denticulata, Poliella leipalox, Poliella lomataspis, Poliella ovala, Bornemannia prima
Type specimens:
- Poliella germana: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho
- Dolichometopsis gravis: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
- Dolichometopsis potens: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
- Ptarmigania agrestis: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
- Ptarmigania altilis: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
- Ptarmigania dignata: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (1: Idaho collection)
• Solvan of United States (2: Nevada)
• Delamaran of United States (9: Nevada)
Total: 12 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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