Mexicaspis radiatus Palmer and Halley 1979 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

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 Mexicaspis according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979

Sister taxa: Mexicaspis difuntosensis, Mexicaspis stenopyge

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grapevine Mountains (USGS 4141-CO), which is in a Delamaran shallow subtidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Carrara Formation of California

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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