Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Full reference: R. A. Robison and L. E. Babcock. 2011. Systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy of some exceptionally preserved trilobites from Cambrian Lagerstätten of Utah. Paleontological Contributions 2011(5):1-47
Belongs to Ptychoparella according to R. A. Robison and L. E. Babcock 2011
Sister taxa: Ptychoparella mettae, Ptychoparella minuta, Ptychoparella usualis, Syspacephalus mccollumorum, Syspacephalus longus, Syspacephalus gregarius, Syspacephalus werneckensis, Syspacephalus vapidus, Syspacephalus variosus, Syspacephalus cadyi, Syspacephalus laticeps, Syspacephalus charops, Syspacephalus crassus
Type specimen: UU 10051.27, an exoskeleton
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wheeler biota, House Range (Cambrian of Utah)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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