Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1979. Early Ordovician trilobites from the Catoche Formation (St. George Group), western Newfoundland. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 321:61-114
Parent taxon: Bathyurellinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurellus, Benthamaspis, Ceratopeltis, Chapmania, Chapmanopyge, Grinnellaspis, Harlandaspis, Licnocephala, Lutesvillia, Uromystrum
Subtaxa: Punka adamsi Punka akoura Punka caecata Punka flabelliformis Punka latissima Punka nitidus Punka teicherti Punka verecunda
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), Norway (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Arenig of Greenland (5)
• Ordovician of Canada (13: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (3), Norway (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (56: Oklahoma, Utah)
Total: 84 collections including 93 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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