†Anataphrus borraeus Whittington 1954 (trilobite)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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