Athabaskia bela Walcott 1916 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Alternative combinations: Athabaskia belus, Bathyuriscus belus, Clavaspidella bela

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 3 - Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64(3):157-258

Belongs to Athabaskia according to C. Lochman 1952

See also Raymond 1928, Resser 1935 and Walcott 1916

Sister taxa: Athabaskia anax, Athabaskia glacialis, Athabaskia gladei, Athabaskia howelli, Athabaskia minor, Athabaskia ostheimeri

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arrojos Fm., Cerro Rajon, Caborca Region, Mexico - Stewart et. al 1984 ( of Mexico)

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