Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: R. Ludvigsen. 1979. A trilobite zonation of Middle Ordovician rocks, southwestern District of Mackenzie. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 312:1-98
Belongs to Bathyurus according to R. Ludvigsen 1979
Sister taxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites), Bathyurus acutus, Bathyurus angustus, Bathyurus congeneris, Bathyurus ellipticus, Bathyurus eskimoensis, Bathyurus extans, Bathyurus granulosus, Bathyurus mackenziensis, Bathyurus margareti, Bathyurus nevadensis, Bathyurus platyparius, Bathyurus simillimus, Bathyurus sunbloodensis, Bathyurus superbus, Bathyurus tuberculatus, Bathyurus ulu
Type specimen: GSC 40431, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is District of Mackenzie Ceraurus gabrielsi zone, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Sunblood, Esbataottine Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at District of Mackenzie Ceraurus gabrielsi zone
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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