Holmdalia tubercula Westrop and Dengler 2017 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Full reference: S. R. Westrop and A. A. Dengler. 2017. The mid-Cambrian (Series 3, Drumian–Guzhangian; Marjuman) trilobite Holmdalia Robison, 1988, in western Newfoundland and its biostratigraphic significance. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 54(2):113-128

Belongs to Holmdalia according to S. R. Westrop and A. A. Dengler 2017

Sister taxon: Holmdalia punctata

Type specimen: GSC 139047, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is BPS 469, which is in a Marjumian marine horizon in the Shallow Bay Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Yukon collections), Greenland (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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