Shumardia sagittula Whittington 1965 (trilobite)

Trilobita - 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 lacrimosa, Shumardia minaretta, Shumardia phalloides, Shumardia tarimuensis

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

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician 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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