Kochiella chares Walcott 1917 (trilobite)

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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