Artiopoda - Agnostida - Calodiscidae
Alternative combinations: Agnostus lobatus, Goniodiscus lobatus, Microdiscus lobatus
Synonyms: Brevidiscus lunulatus Kobayashi 1943, Brevidiscus troyensis Kobayashi 1943
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Belongs to Calodiscus according to C. B. Skovsted 2006
See also Hall 1847, Hinz 1987 and Rasetti 1952
Sister taxa: Calodiscus agnostoides, Calodiscus helena, Calodiscus meeki, Calodiscus schucherti, Calodiscus walcotti
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (6: Labrador, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Germany (1), Greenland (7), Norway (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Massachusetts, New York)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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