†Amblycranium linearus Young 1973 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Full reference: G. E. Young. 1973. An Ordovician (Arenigian) trilobite faunule of great diversity from the Ibex area, western Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 20(4):91-115
Belongs to Amblycranium according to G. E. Young 1973
Sister taxa: Amblycranium cornutum, Amblycranium populus, Amblycranium variabile
Type specimen: BYU 2105, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at H-20
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