Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Alternative combination: Bumastus aplatus
Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1925. Some trilobites of the lower Middle Ordovician of eastern North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 67(1):1-180
Belongs to Bumastus (Bumastoides) according to F.C. Shaw 1968
See also Raymond 1925
Sister taxa: Bumastoides billingsi, Bumastoides lenzi, Bumastoides shihtzupuensis, Bumastus (Bumastoides) gardenensis, Bumastus (Bumastoides) milleri
Type specimen: MCZ 1609, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (8: New York, Vermont collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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