Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
Full reference: S. R. Hohensee and J. H. Stitt. 1989. Redeposited Elvinia Zone (Upper Cambrian) trilobites from the Collier Shale, Ouachita Mountains, west-central Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):857-879
Belongs to Cliffia according to S. R. Hohensee and J. H. Stitt 1989
Sister taxa: Cliffia lataegenae, Cliffia nicoleae
Type specimen: UMC 16682a, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Ouachita Mountains collecting locality L, which is in a Furongian deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the Collier Shale Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: Arkansas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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