Trilobita - 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 Plagiura according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979
Sister taxa: Plagiura cercops, Plagiura cleadas, Plagiura extensa, Plagiura minor, Ruichengella ruichengensis, Ruichengella triangularis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Pyramid Shale Mbr(USGS 3546-CO), which is in a Delamaran shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Carrara Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Groom Range, Carrara Fm, Pyramid Shale Mbr. (USGS 3546-CO)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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