Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131
Belongs to Poliella according to F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum 2003
See also Palmer and Halley 1979
Sister taxa: Bathyuriscus (Poliella) anteros, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) balus, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) caranus, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) occidentalis, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) powersi, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) primus, Bathyuriscus (Poliella) sylla, Poliella castlensis, Poliella denticulata, Poliella germana, Poliella leipalox, Poliella ovala, Bornemannia prima
Type specimen: Its type locality is Belted Range, Carrara Fm, Pyramid Shale Mbr., (USGS 4434-CO), which is in a Delamaran lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale/siltstone in the Carrara Formation of Nevada
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Delamaran of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Cambrian of United States (11: Nevada)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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