Trilobita - 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 Zacanthoides according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
Sister taxa: Zacanthoides abbreviatus, Zacanthoides adjunctus, Zacanthoides demissus, Zacanthoides divergens, Zacanthoides eatoni, Zacanthoides fronslicinus, Zacanthoides gradatus, Zacanthoides holopygous, Zacanthoides holopygus, Zacanthoides idahoensis, Zacanthoides kelsayae, Zacanthoides sampsoni, Zacanthoides serratus, Zacanthoides spinosus, Zacanthoides typicalis, Zacanthoides walapai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Red Pass Limestone Mbr(USGS 3766-CO), which is in a Delamaran shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Red Pass Limestone Mbr. (USGS 3766-CO)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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