Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Alternative combination: Sonoraspis mohavensis
Synonyms: Glossopleura californica Stoyanow and Susuki 1955, Sonoraspis californica Stoyanow and Susuki 1955, Sonoraspis nelsoni Stoyanow 1958
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46
Belongs to Glossopleura according to J. R. Foster 2022
See also Fuller 1980, Resser 1935, Stoyanow 1956, Stoyanow 1958 and Stoyanow and Susuki 1955
Sister taxa: Glossopleura alabamensis, Glossopleura baton, Glossopleura bion, Glossopleura boccar, Glossopleura buttsi, Glossopleura expansa, Glossopleura gigantea, Glossopleura intermedia, Glossopleura leona, Glossopleura lodensis, Glossopleura packi, Glossopleura producta, Glossopleura similaris, Glossopleura sulcata, Glossopleura tuta, Glossopleura utahensis, Glossopleura walcotti
Type specimens:
- Glossopleura mohavensis: USNM 78400
- Sonoraspis californica: UCLA 23460, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3226, which is in a Delamaran offshore shelf limestone in the Cadiz Formation of California.
- Sonoraspis nelsoni: UCLA 28991 (complete specimen except for the free cheeks). Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3695, Inyo Mountains, which is in a Delamaran offshore shelf limestone/shale in the Monola Formation of California.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Delamaran of United States (6: California collections)
• Cambrian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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