Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
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 Iddingsia according to S. R. Hohensee and J. H. Stitt 1989
Sister taxa: Iddingsia anatina, Iddingsia intermedia, Iddingsia missouriensis, Iddingsia nevadaensis, Iddingsia relativa, Iddingsia robusta, Iddingsia similis
Type specimen: UMC 16682c, 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 (3: Arkansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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