Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 1976. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites from the South Nahanni River Area, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 154(1-3):1-106
Belongs to Apianurus according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 1976
Sister taxa: Apianurus abietinus, Apianurus asklundi, Apianurus barbatus, Apianurus clevei, Apianurus furcata, Apianurus glaber, Apianurus kuckersianus, Apianurus narrawayi, Apianurus thorslundi, Apianurus vikarbyensis
Type specimen: GSC 40386, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Bathyurus ulu zone, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (9: Northwest Territories collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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