Esmeraldina macer Resser and Howell 1938 (trilobite)

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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