Artiopoda - Olenida - Cedariidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian geology and paleontology. V. No. 2, Cambrian and Lower Ozarkian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 75(2):55-60
Belongs to Cedaria according to M. F. Tortello 2023
See also Walcott 1924
Sister taxa: Cedaria brevifrons, Cedaria burnetensis, Cedaria eurycheilos, Cedaria minor, Cedaria puelchana, Cedaria selwyni
Type specimen: USNM 70266, an exoskeleton (complete exoskeleton)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Greenland (2), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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