Hadrocephalites cecinna Walcott 1917 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Alternative combinations: Crepicephalus cecinna, Kochaspis cecinna

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1917. Cambrian geology and paleontology, 3, fauna of the Mount Whyte Formation. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67(3):61-114

Belongs to Hadrocephalites according to F. A. Sundberg 2004

See also Resser 1935 and Sundberg and McCollum 2002

Sister taxa: Hadrocephalites carina, Hadrocephalites convexus, Hadrocephalites lyndonensis, Hadrocephalites rhytidodes, Schistometopus

Type specimen: USNM 64365-6

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (2: Alberta, British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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