Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Full reference: W. T. Dean. 1973. Ordovician trilobites from the Keele Range, Northwestern Yukon Territory. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 223:1-43
Belongs to Ampyxoides according to W. T. Dean 1973
Sister taxa: Ampyxoides inermis, Ampyxoides semicostatus
Type specimen: GSC 29333, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is GSC loc. 54076. District of Mackenzie, Keele Range, which is in a Llanvirn carbonate limestone in the Esbataottine Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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