†Modocia nevadensis Palmer 1954 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Invalid subtaxa: Crepicephalus (Loganellus) centralis Whitfield 1877, Ehmania oweni Meek and Hayden 1861 [replaced name], Modocia centralis Whitfield 1877, Ptychoparia oweni Meek and Hayden 1861 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1954. An appraisal of the Great Basin Middle Cambrian trilobites described before 1900. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264-D:55-86

Belongs to Modocia according to A. R. Palmer 1954

See also Resser 1935 and Walcott 1884

Sister taxa: Modocia arctica, Modocia comforti, Modocia integella, Modocia kohli, Modocia obscura, Modocia oweni, Modocia penfieldi, Modocia whiteleyi, Armonia elongata

Type specimens:

  • Modocia nevadensis: USNM 24610, a cephalon/head
  • Crepicephalus (Loganellus) centralis: USNM 24581.
  • Ptychoparia oweni: USNM 1180.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (20: Idaho/ Utah, South Dakota, Texas collections)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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