†Oryctocara geikiei Walcott 1908 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - 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 taxon: Oryctocara geikei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Spence Gulch, which is in a Delamaran/Topazan marine shale in the Ute Formation of Idaho
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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