Psalikilus paraspinosum Hintze 1953 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.

Belongs to Psalikilus according to L. F. Hintze 1953

Sister taxa: Psalikilus hestoni, Psalikilus pikum, Psalikilus spinosum, Psalikilus typicum

Type specimen: 26202 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (9: Montana, Utah collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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