Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
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 Licnocephala according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1951
Sister taxa: Licnocephala brevicauda, Licnocephala cavigladius, Licnocephala ovata, Licnocephala sanddoelaensis, Licnocephala sminue
Type specimen: YPM 18180, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "G(2)a", which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (6: Idaho, Utah collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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