Mexicella obscurus Palmer and Halley 1979 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida

Alternative combination: Syspacephalus obscurus

Full reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131

Belongs to Mexicella according to F. A. Sundberg 2004

See also Palmer and Halley 1979

Sister taxa: Mexicella antelopea, Mexicella grandoculus, Mexicella granulata, Mexicella mexicana, Mexicella robusta, Mexicella stator

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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