Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Alternative combination: Proetus strasburgensis
Full reference: B. N. Cooper. 1953. Trilobites from the Lower Champlainian formations of the Appalachian Valley. Geological Society of America Memoir 55:1-69
Belongs to Stenoblepharum according to G. D. Edgecombe et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Stenoblepharum astinil, Stenoblepharum kullsbergense, Stenoblepharum norvegicum, Stenoblepharum pentagonoides, Stenoblepharum striatum, Stenoblepharum warburgae
Type specimen: USNM 116426a, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Loc. 3. south side of road, 0.2 mile east of Strasburg Junction, which is in a Turinian carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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