Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Full reference: F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum. 2002. Kochiella Poulsen, 1927, and Hadrocephalites new genus (Trilobita: Ptychopariida) from the early middle Cambrian of western North America. Journal of Paleontology 76(1):76-94
Belongs to Kochiella according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 2002
Sister taxa: Kochiella arenosa, Kochiella augusta, Kochiella chares, Kochiella crito, Kochiella eiffelensis, Kochiella gracilis, Kochiella mackenziensis, Kochiella mansfieldi, Kochiella maxeyi, Kochiella rasettii, Kochiella tuberculata
Type specimen: USNM 509453, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is USNM 41742, Log Cabin Mbr, Highland Range, which is in a St Davids marine mudstone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (17: Nevada collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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