Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae
Full reference: J. H. Shergold. 1980. Late Cambrian trilobites from the Chatsworth Limestone, western Queensland. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 186:1-108
Belongs to Maladioidella according to J. H. Shergold 1980
Sister taxa: Maladioidella hunanensis, Maladioidella laevigata, Maladioidella splendens
Type specimen: CPC 15266, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Lily Creek Section B54a, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone/lime mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (25 collections), Kazakhstan (14)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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