Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1956. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites: the Odontopleuridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 114(6):155-288
Belongs to Apianurus according to H. B. Whittington 1956
Sister taxa: Apianurus abietinus, Apianurus asklundi, Apianurus barbatus, Apianurus clevei, Apianurus furcata, Apianurus kuckersianus, Apianurus narrawayi, Apianurus parabarbatus, Apianurus thorslundi, Apianurus vikarbyensis
Type specimen: USNM 124703, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (4: Virginia collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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