Mackenzieaspis divergens Handkamer et al. 2022 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

Full reference: N. M. Handkamer, B. R. Pratt, and R. B. MacNaughton. 2022. Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the trilobite faunas from the Mount Clark and Mount Cap formations (early and middle Cambrian), eastern Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern Canada. Journal of Paleontology 96(S89):1-47

Belongs to Mackenzieaspis according to N. M. Handkamer et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Mackenzieaspis parallelispinosa

Type specimen: GSC 142413, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Carcajou Falls. 28.5 m (Cambrian of Northwest Territory)

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