Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae
Full reference: W. T. Dean. 1973. Ordovician trilobites from the Keele Range, Northwestern Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 223:1-43
Belongs to Nileus according to W. T. Dean 1973
Sister taxa: Nileus affinis, Nileus amplus, Nileus armadillo, Nileus australis, Nileus cingolanii, Nileus depressus, Nileus deynouxi, Nileus erici, Nileus exarmatus, Nileus glazialis, Nileus hesperaffinis, Nileus lacunosa, Nileus macrops, Nileus orbiculatoides, Nileus orbiculatus, Nileus petilus, Nileus planiceps, Nileus porosus, Nileus scrutator, Nileus walcotti, Remopleuridioides preandinus
Type specimen: GSC 29362, a pygidium. Its type locality is GSC loc. 54076. District of Mackenzie, Keele Range, which is in a Llanvirn carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at GSC loc. 54076. District of Mackenzie, Keele Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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