Kochiella mackenziensis Norford 1968 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Full reference: B. S. Norford. 1968. A Middle Cambrian Plagiura–Poliella Faunule from Southwest District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 163:29-38

Belongs to Kochiella according to B. S. Norford 1968

Sister taxa: Kochiella arenosa, Kochiella augusta, Kochiella brevaspis, Kochiella chares, Kochiella crito, Kochiella eiffelensis, Kochiella gracilis, Kochiella mansfieldi, Kochiella maxeyi, Kochiella rasettii, Kochiella tuberculata

Type specimen: GSC 19908, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is GSC 58467. Broken Skull River, which is in a Delamaran marine limestone in the Mount Cap Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at GSC 58467. Broken Skull River

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