Licnocephala ovata Ross 1953 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1953. Additional Garden City (Early Ordovician) trilobites. Journal of Paleontology 27(5):633-646

Belongs to Licnocephala according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1953

Sister taxa: Licnocephala bicornuta, Licnocephala brevicauda, Licnocephala cavigladius, Licnocephala sanddoelaensis, Licnocephala sminue

Type specimen: YPM 18805, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, recollection of high "G(2)" zone, which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Idaho collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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