Pareuloma brachymetopa Rasetti 1954 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Eulomidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1954. Early Ordovician trilobite faunules from Quebec and Newfoundland. Journal of Paleontology 28(5):581-587

Belongs to Pareuloma according to F. Rasetti 1954

Sister taxa: Pareuloma impunctata, Pareuloma qinghaiensis, Pareuloma spinosa

Type specimen: USNM 123461, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Cap-des-Rosiers, Gaspe, which is in a Trempealeauan/Gasconadian carbonate grainstone/shale in the Anse du Crapaud Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)

• Cambrian to Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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