†Esmeraldina macer Resser and Howell 1938 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Holmiidae
Full reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248
Belongs to Esmeraldina according to C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell 1938
Sister taxa: Esmeraldina elliptica, Esmeraldina rowei
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM Loc. 12w. Fruitville, 3 miles north of Lancaster, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (5: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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