Mexicella grandoculus Palmer and Halley 1979 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

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

Sister taxa: Mexicella antelopea, Mexicella granulata, Mexicella mexicana, Mexicella obscurus, Mexicella robusta, Mexicella stator

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: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (4: California, Nevada collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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