Anataphrus borraeus Whittington 1954 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1954. Ordovician trilobites from Silliman's Fossil Mount. in A. K. Miller, W. Youngquist, and C. Collinson, Ordovician cephalopod fauna of Baffin Island, Geological Society of America Memoir 62:119-149

Belongs to Anataphrus according to H. B. Whittington 1954

Sister taxa: Anataphrus kermiti, Anataphrus martinensis, Anataphrus megalophrys, Anataphrus spurius

Type specimen: USNM 28168, an exoskeleton

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Northwest Territories collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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