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 nevadensis, Bathyurus platyparius, Bathyurus simillimus, Bathyurus sunbloodensis, Bathyurus superbus, Bathyurus tuberculatus, Bathyurus ulu
Type specimen: ROM 47687, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie, Mary Range (B-360), which is in a Whiterockian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
• Arenigian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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