Ptarmiganoides alia Resser 1939 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Alternative combination: Dolichometopsis alia

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

Sister taxa: Ptarmiganoides araneicauda, Ptarmiganoides crassaxis, Ptarmiganoides hexacantha, Ptarmiganoides propinqua

Type specimen: USNM 98503. 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: found only at 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts

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