Calyptaulax holstonensis Raymond 1925 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Alternative combination: Pterygometopus holstonensis

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 Calyptaulax according to B. N. Cooper 1953

See also Raymond 1925

Sister taxa: Calyptaulax angusta, Calyptaulax annulata, Calyptaulax brongniartii, Calyptaulax callicephalus, Calyptaulax callirachis, Calyptaulax cornwalli, Calyptaulax glabella, Calyptaulax hunteri, Calyptaulax incepta, Calyptaulax norvegicus, Calyptaulax sillimani, Calyptaulax strasburgensis

Type specimen: MCZ 1644 - 1646 (cotypes)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calyptaulax holstonensis in the database

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