Pyraustocranium orbatum Ross 1951 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

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 Pyraustocranium according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1951

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 18072, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "F", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (4: Idaho collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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