Taenicephalus shumardi Hall 1863 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Alternative combination: Conocephalites shumardi

Full reference: J. Hall. 1863. Preliminary notice of the fauna of the Potsdam sandstone, with remarks upon the previous known species of fossils and description of some new ones from the sandstone of the Upper Mississippi Valley. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 16:93-195

Belongs to Taenicephalus according to J. H. Stitt 1971

See also Grant 1965, Hall 1863 and Westrop 1986

Sister taxa: Taenicephalus gallupensis, Taenicephalus gouldi, Taenicephalus polyaricus, Taenicephalus westropi, Maustonia nasuta

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (43: Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence

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