Name: Nevadia sp.
Superfamily: "Nevadioidea" Hupé, 1953
Suborder: Olenellina Walcott, 1890
Order:
Redlichiida Richter, 1932
Locality: Esmeralda County, Nevada
Stratigraphy: Montenegro Member of the Campito
Formation, Lower Cambrian
Size: 2.5 cm
Remarks: Photos courtesy of the Richie Kurkewicz Trilobite Fossils
Comments: This specimen does not appear to be a Nevadia weeksi. Note the long genal spines and narrow thorax. This is the only known articulated specimen of this species we are aware of.
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