Hadrocephalites lyndonensis Sundberg and McCollum 2002 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

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 Hadrocephalites according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 2002

Sister taxa: Hadrocephalites carina, Hadrocephalites cecinna, Hadrocephalites convexus, Hadrocephalites rhytidodes, Schistometopus

Type specimen: USNM 509470, a cephalon/head

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (4: Nevada collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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