†Buttsia inexpectata Fortey 1980 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1980. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. III. Remaining trilobites of the Valhallfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 171:1-163
Belongs to Buttsia according to R. A. Fortey 1980
Sister taxa: Buttsia globosa, Buttsia parvula
Type specimen: PMO NF 2879, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Zone V1c, Ny Friesland ( of Norway)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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