Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: J. V. Tremblay and S. R. Westrop. 1991. Middle Ordovician (Whiterockian) trilobites from the Sunblood Formation, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 65(5):801-824
Belongs to Bathyurus according to J. V. Tremblay and S. R. Westrop 1991
Sister taxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites), Bathyurus acutus, Bathyurus angustus, Bathyurus congeneris, Bathyurus ellipticus, Bathyurus esbataottinensis, Bathyurus eskimoensis, Bathyurus extans, Bathyurus granulosus, Bathyurus mackenziensis, Bathyurus margareti, Bathyurus nevadensis, Bathyurus platyparius, Bathyurus simillimus, Bathyurus superbus, Bathyurus tuberculatus, Bathyurus ulu
Type specimen: ROM 47678, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Southwestern District of Mackenzie, Sunblood Range (P-55), which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories collections), United States (3: Nevada)
• Arenigian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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