Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Alternative combination: Dolichometopsis propinqua
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1939. The Ptarmigania strata of the northwestern Wasatch Mountains. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(24):1-72
Belongs to Ptarmiganoides according to U. Lemke 2020
See also Resser 1939 and Sundberg and McCollum 2003
Sister taxa: Ptarmiganoides alia, Ptarmiganoides araneicauda, Ptarmiganoides crassaxis, Ptarmiganoides hexacantha
Type specimen: USNM 98508a. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (1: Idaho collection)
• Solvan of United States (1: Nevada)
• Delamaran of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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