†Notchpeakia cherrycreekensis Adrain and Westrop 2006 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Harpetida - Entomaspididae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2006. Notchpeakia, a new genus of upper Cambrian (Suwaptan) "entomaspidid" trilobites. Journal of Paleontology 80(6):1152-1171
Belongs to Notchpeakia according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2006
Sister taxa: Notchpeakia milleri, Notchpeakia notchpeakensis, Notchpeakia taylori, Notchpeakia varga
Type specimen: SUI 99220, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is silicified fauna, Barton Canyon, which is in a Sunwaptan deep subtidal grainstone in the Windfall Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at silicified fauna, Barton Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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