†Meniscocoryphe platycephala Kobayashi 1935 (trilobite)
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Alternative combination: Leiocoryphe platycephala
Synonym: Leiocoryphe transversa Rasetti 1945
Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1935. The Briscoia fauna of the late upper Cambrian in Alaska with descriptions of a few upper Cambrian trilobites from Montana and Nevada. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 12:39-57
Belongs to Meniscocoryphe according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989
See also Kobayashi 1935 and Stitt 1971
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (10: Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), United States (7: Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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