Athabaskia minor Resser 1938 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Alternative combination: Clavaspidella minor

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Middle Cambrian fossils from Pend Oreille Lake, Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(3):1-12

Belongs to Athabaskia according to C. Lochman 1952

See also Resser 1938

Sister taxa: Athabaskia anax, Athabaskia bela, Athabaskia glacialis, Athabaskia gladei, Athabaskia howelli, Athabaskia ostheimeri

Type specimen: USNM 95039. Its type locality is Locality 37n (Pend Oreille Lake), which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone/shale in the Lakeview Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (1: Idaho collection)

• Delamaran of Mexico (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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