Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Full reference: I. W. Gapp and B. S. Lieberman. 2014. New olenelloid trilobites from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Zootaxa 3866(4):479-498
Belongs to Mesonacis according to I. W. Gapp and B. S. Lieberman 2014
Sister taxa: Mesonacis bonnensis, Mesonacis cylindricus, Mesonacis eagerensis, Mesonacis fremonti, Mesonacis hamoculus, Mesonacis vermontanus, Fremontia canadensis
Type specimen: KUMIP 355550, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Section 3, Sekwi Formation, which is in a Cambrian open shallow subtidal mudstone/siltstone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Section 3, Sekwi Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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