30181 - Top Beautiful 1.05 Inch Modocia weeksensis Upper Cambrian Trilobite Utah USA
30181 - Top Beautiful 1.05 Inch Modocia weeksensis Upper Cambrian Trilobite Utah USA 30181 - Top Beautiful 1.05 Inch Modocia weeksensis Upper Cambrian Trilobite Utah USA 30181 - Top Beautiful 1.05 Inch Modocia weeksensis Upper Cambrian Trilobite Utah USA

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30181 - Top Beautiful 1.05 Inch Modocia weeksensis Upper Cambrian Trilobite Utah USA

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Species
Modocia weeksensis, Shanan Peters 2003
Age
Upper Cambrian,(~497 Million Years)
Location
Rango House - Utah (USA)
Formation
Weeks Formation
Size
26.6 mm   •    in
Weight
188 g   •    oz
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Description
Modocia, Walcott 1924 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Marjumiidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 20728

Parent taxon: Marjumiidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Armonia, Coosellidae, Holmdalia, Ithyektyphus, Marjumia, Nasocephalus, Nericella, Nericia, Pearylandia, Shickshockia, Syspacheilus

Subtaxa: Modocia integella, Modocia obscura, Modocia oweni, Modocia penfieldi

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Type: Arionellus (Crepicephalus) oweni

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: carbonate (4 collections), marine (3), shallow subtidal (2), deep subtidal ramp (2), basinal (siliciclastic) (1), (1), lagoonal (1), deep-water (1), deep subtidal shelf (1), slope (1), offshore (1), offshore shelf (1)

Age range: 505.0 to 498.5 Ma
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