Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1951. Stratigraphy of the Garden City Formation in northeastern Utah, and its trilobite faunas. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 6:1-161
Belongs to Parahystricurus according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1951
Sister taxa: Parahystricurus bispicatus, Parahystricurus fraudator, Parahystricurus oculirotundus, Parahystricurus pustulosus, Parahystricurus smithiae
Type specimen: YPM 18011, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 5, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "E", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal limestone in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection), United States (2: Idaho)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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