Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Full reference: A.R. Palmer. 1968. Cambrian trilobites of East-Central Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 559(B)
Belongs to Pterocephalia according to A.R. Palmer 1968
Sister taxa: Pterocephalia concava, Pterocephalia elongata, Pterocephalia norfordi, Pterocephalia punctata, Pterocephalia sanctisabae, Pterocephalia tenura, Ptychoparia (Pterocephalus) laticeps, Ptychoparia (Pterocephalus) occidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 4381-CO - Jones Ridge Limestone, Jones Ridge-Squaw Mountain area, which is in a Dresbachian carbonate limestone in the Jones Ridge Limestone Formation of Alaska
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 4381-CO - Jones Ridge Limestone, Jones Ridge-Squaw Mountain area
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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