Forteyops sexapugia Ross 1951

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Alternative combination: Kawina sexapugia

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 Forteyops according to A. Pribyl et al. 1985

See also Ross 1951

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 18289, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 13, Round Hill, Zone "J", which is in a Blackhillsian shallow subtidal limestone/chert in the Garden City Formation of Utah.

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Utah collections)

• Ibexian of Norway (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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