Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
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 Caborcella according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
Sister taxa: Caborcella arrojosensis, Caborcella collaris, Caborcella pseudaulax, Caborcella trifossatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Pahrump Hills Shale Member Mbr(USGS 3547-CO), which is in a Delamaran paralic mudstone/shale in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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