Tholifrons minuta Palmer 1968 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae

Alternative combination: Tholifrons minutus

Full reference: A.R. Palmer. 1968. Cambrian trilobites of East-Central Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 559(B)

Belongs to Tholifrons according to B.R. Pratt 1992

See also Palmer 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 4381-CO - Jones Ridge Limestone, Jones Ridge-Squaw Mountain area, which is in a Dresbachian carbonate limestone in the Jones Ridge Limestone Formation of Alaska

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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