Microryctocara Sundberg and McCollum 1997 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Full reference: F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum. 1997. Oryctocephalids (Corynexochida: Trilobita) of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval from California and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1065-1090

Parent taxon: Oryctocarinae according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 1997

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sundberg and McCollum 2003

Sister taxon: Ovatoryctocara

Subtaxa: Microryctocara nevadensis

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Type: Microryctocara nevadensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (12: California, Nevada collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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