Bienvillia chaya Waisfeld and Vaccari 2009 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Full reference: B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari. 2009. Trilobites from the Suri Formation (Lower Ordovician: Floian), Famatina Belt, Argentina. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 37:407-426

Belongs to Bienvillia according to B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari 2009

Sister taxa: Bienvillia angelini, Bienvillia corax, Bienvillia eurekensis, Bienvillia grandis, Bienvillia jana, Bienvillia kichka, Bienvillia papulosa, Bienvillia parchaensis, Bienvillia praecalva, Bienvillia rectifrons, Bienvillia shinetonensis, Bienvillia stikta, Bienvillia tetragonalis, Mendoparabolina pirquinensis, Mendoparabolina brevicauda

Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 23862, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Saladillo Chico Creek QS 16, which is in a Floian marine shale in Argentina.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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