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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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