Name: Chancia sp.
Trilobite Order Ptychopariida,
Suborder Ptychopariina, Superfamily Ptychoparioidea, Family Alokistocaridae
Locality: Pend Oreille
County, Washington
Stratigraphy: Middle Cambrian, Metaline Limestone
Remarks: During the last few years a whole host of new species
have been discovered in the Metaline Formation. This species was first
considered an unidentified kochaspid when found by David Morgan's
son, Sterling, in the Metaline
Formation of Washington State. Sterling is a really great trilobite
hunter and has been known to spot complete trilobites from the window
of a moving truck. The trilobite has 31-32 segments and its presence
may indicate that the Metaline Fm. is slightly older than previously
thought. It may constrain the unit to the lowermost Middle Cambrian
Delamaran Stage.
Credits: Photos courtesy David Morgan; Collected
by Sterling Morgan 2004
