Volocephalina contracta Palmer and Halley 1979 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

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 Volocephalina according to A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley 1979

Sister taxa: Volocephalina connexa, Volocephalina variosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pyramid Peak (USGS 4158-CO), which is in a Delamaran shallow subtidal lime mudstone/mudstone in the Carrara Formation of California

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Delamaran of United States (3: California collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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