Dunderbergia tennesseensis Rasetti 1965 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1965. Upper Cambrian trilobite faunas of Northeastern Tennessee. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 148:1-127

Belongs to Dunderbergia according to F. Rasetti 1965

Sister taxa: Dunderbergia bigranulosa, Dunderbergia brevispina, Dunderbergia calculosa, Dunderbergia halli, Dunderbergia polybothra, Dunderbergia simplex, Dunderbergia variagranula

Type specimen: USNM 144628. Its type locality is cnw/14. Russell Gap, which is in a Steptoean carbonate limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Tennessee.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (1 collection), United States (1: Tennessee)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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