Oryctocara geikiei Walcott 1908 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(2):13-48

Belongs to Oryctocara according to C. W. Walcott 1908

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Spence Gulch, which is in a Cambrian marine shale in the Ute Formation of Idaho

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (1: Idaho collection)

• Delamaran of Canada (1: British Columbia)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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