Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Full reference: P. Tasch. 1951. Fauna and paleoecology of the Upper Cambrian Warrior Formation of central Pennsylvania. Journal of Paleontology 25(3):275-306
Belongs to Lonchocephalus according to P. Tasch 1951
Sister taxa: Lonchocephalus chippewaensis, Ptychoparia (Lonchocephalus) wisconsensis
Type specimen: USNM 115610, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Highway No. 322 near Waddle, Bed 11.12, which is in a Merioneth shallow subtidal limestone in the Warrior Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (5: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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