Tricrepicephalus comus Walcott 1916 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae

Alternative combination: Crepicephalus comus

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 3 - Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64(3):157-258

Belongs to Tricrepicephalus according to C. E. Resser 1938

See also Walcott 1916

Sister taxa: Tricrepicephalus asiaticus, Tricrepicephalus coria, Tricrepicephalus magnispinus, Tricrepicephalus texanus, Tricrepicephalus thoosa, Tricrepicephalus tripunctatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bull Run, northwest of Copper Ridge, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Tennessee

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (2: Tennessee collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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