Alternative combination: Kochina walcotti
Full reference: F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum. 2000. Ptychoparid trilobites of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval, Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):604-630
Belongs to Tonopahella according to F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum 2003
See also Sundberg and McCollum 2000
Sister taxon: Tonopahella goldfieldensis
Type specimen: USNM 497954, a cephalon/head (nearly complete shield). Its type locality is Litho #1, Split Mountain East Section, which is in a Delamaran offshore shale/mudstone in the Emigrant Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Solvan of United States (6: Nevada collections)
• Delamaran of United States (3: California, Nevada)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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