Shumardia sagittula Whittington 1965 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1965. Trilobites of the Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132(4):275-441

Belongs to Shumardia according to H. B. Whittington 1965

Sister taxa: Shumardia (Conophrys), Shumardia (Shumardia), Shumardia acuticaudata, Shumardia alata, Shumardia ctenata, Shumardia erquensis, Shumardia exopthalmus, Shumardia extensa, Shumardia granulosa, Shumardia karasaiensis, Shumardia keguqinensis, Shumardia lacrimosa, Shumardia matchensis, Shumardia minaretta, Shumardia phalloides, Shumardia tarimuensis

Type specimen: GSC 18448, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)

• Whiterockian of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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