30337 - Top Rare 1.35 Inch Ellipsocephalus vetustus Middle Cambrian Trilobite - Czech Republic
30337 - Top Rare 1.35 Inch Ellipsocephalus vetustus Middle Cambrian Trilobite - Czech Republic 30337 - Top Rare 1.35 Inch Ellipsocephalus vetustus Middle Cambrian Trilobite - Czech Republic 30337 - Top Rare 1.35 Inch Ellipsocephalus vetustus Middle Cambrian Trilobite - Czech Republic

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30337 - Top Rare 1.35 Inch Ellipsocephalus vetustus Middle Cambrian Trilobite - Czech Republic

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Species
† Ellipsocephalus vetustus
Age
Middle Cambrian,(~509 Million Years)
Location
Rejkovice, Czech Republic
Formation
Rejkovice Middle Cambrian Outcrops
Size
34.4 mm   •    in
Weight
212 g   •    oz
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Description
Ellipsocephalus, Zenker 1833 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ellipsocephalidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 20479

Synonym: Germaropyge Snajdr 1957 (taxon 103967)

Parent taxon: Ellipsocephalinae according to P. Ahlberg 1980

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Snajdr 1958

Sister taxa: Ornamentaspis, Strenuaeva

Subtaxa: Ellipsocephalus gripi

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: marine (6 collections), carbonate (3), offshore shelf (3), shallow subtidal (2), deep subtidal (1), reef, buildup or bioherm (1), open shallow subtidal (1), offshore ramp (1)

Age range: 516.0 to 505.0 Ma

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (3: New Brunswick collections), the Czech Republic (13), Norway (3), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (4), United States (1: Wisconsin)
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