Perissopyge phenax Blaker et al. 1996 (trilobite)

Artiopoda

Full reference: M. R. Blaker, C.A. Nelson, and J.S. Peel. 1996. Perissopyge, a new trilobite from the Lower Cambrian of Greenland and North America. Journal of the Czech Geological Society 41(3-4):209-216

Belongs to Perissopyge according to M. R. Blaker et al. 1996

Sister taxon: Perissopyge triangulata

Type specimen: MGUH 23584. Its type locality is GGU Collection 271756, west side of Løndal, southern Peary Land, which is in a Lenian carbonate limestone in the Henson Gletscher Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Greenland (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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