Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: B.D.E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 1998. Upper Steptoean (Upper Cambrian) trilobites from the McKay Group of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):43
Belongs to Pterocephalia according to B.D.E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 1998
Sister taxa: Pterocephalia concava, Pterocephalia constricta, Pterocephalia elongata, Pterocephalia punctata, Pterocephalia sanctisabae, Pterocephalia tenura, Ptychoparia (Pterocephalus) laticeps, Ptychoparia (Pterocephalus) occidens
Type specimen: UA11233, a cephalon/head
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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