Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combination: Dolichometopus convexus
Synonym: Bolbocephalus groenlandicus Poulsen 1937
Belongs to Bolbocephalus according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Boyce 1989 and Fortey 1979
Sister taxa: Bolbocephalus (Hadrohybus), Bolbocephalus ellesmerensis, Bolbocephalus glaber, Bolbocephalus gunnari, Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis, Bolbocephalus kindlei, Bolbocephalus myktos, Bolbocephalus seelyi, Bolbocephalus stclairi, Bolbocephalus stitti
Type specimens:
- Bolbocephalus convexus: GSC 718, a pygidium
- Bolbocephalus groenlandicus: Its type locality is eastern arm of anticline, Ella Island, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Cape Weber Formation of Greenland.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (16: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Quebec collections), Norway (2)
• Cassinian of Canada (12: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (3: Oklahoma)
• Arenig of Greenland (2)
• Canadian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Jeffersonian of Canada (14: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador)
Total: 50 collections each including a single occurrence
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