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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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