Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1963. Middle Ordovician trilobites from Lower Head, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(1):1-118
Belongs to Ceratocephala according to H. B. Whittington 1963
Sister taxa: Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina), Ceratocephala depauperata, Ceratocephala goniata, Ceratocephala graffhami, Ceratocephala impedita, Ceratocephala laciniata, Ceratocephala laticapitata, Ceratocephala phalaenocephala, Ceratocephala rarispina, Ceratocephala triacantheis, Ceratocephala vexilla, Trapelocera bicuspis, Onychaspis laticapitata, Onchaspis confraga
Type specimen: GSC 16298, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Alpha Boulder, Table Head
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