Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Alternative combinations: Crepicephalus chares, Kochaspis chares
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1917. The Albertella fauna in British Columbia and Montana. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67(2):9-59
Belongs to Kochiella according to F. A. Sundberg 2004
See also Resser 1935 and Walcott 1917
Sister taxa: Kochiella arenosa, Kochiella augusta, Kochiella brevaspis, Kochiella crito, Kochiella eiffelensis, Kochiella gracilis, Kochiella mackenziensis, Kochiella mansfieldi, Kochiella maxeyi, Kochiella rasettii, Kochiella tuberculata
Type specimen: USNM 63744-6
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walcott Loc. 63d. Ptarmigan Peak (Cambrian of Alberta)
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