Zacanthoides idahoensis Walcott 1908 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae

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

Belongs to Zacanthoides according to C. W. Walcott 1908

Sister taxa: Zacanthoides abbreviatus, Zacanthoides adjunctus, Zacanthoides demissus, Zacanthoides divergens, Zacanthoides eatoni, Zacanthoides fronslicinus, Zacanthoides gradatus, Zacanthoides holopygous, Zacanthoides holopygus, Zacanthoides kelsayae, Zacanthoides liddelli, Zacanthoides marshalli, Zacanthoides sampsoni, Zacanthoides serratus, Zacanthoides spinosus, Zacanthoides typicalis, Zacanthoides variacantha, Zacanthoides walapai

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 (2: Idaho, Utah collections)

• Delamaran of United States (2: Idaho, Utah)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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