Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1951. Middle Cambrian stratigraphy and faunas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 116(5):1-277
Belongs to Elrathina according to F. A. Sundberg 2018
See also Rasetti 1951
Sister taxa: Ptychoparella lloydi, Ptychoparella mettae, Ptychoparella minuta, Ptychoparella usualis, Syspacephalus mccollumorum, Syspacephalus werneckensis, Syspacephalus charops, Syspacephalus cadyi, Syspacephalus laticeps, Syspacephalus crassus, Syspacephalus variosus, Syspacephalus longus, Syspacephalus gregarius, Syspacephalus vapidus, Elrathina offula, Elrathina antiqua, Elrathina wheelera, Elrathina cordillerae
Type specimen: USNM 16287
Ecology: fast-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Marble Canyon collection (Cambrian of British Columbia)
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