Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Full reference: W. D. Boyce. 1989. Early Ordovician trilobite faunas of the Boat Harbour and Catoche Formations (St. George Group) in the Boat-Harbour-Cape Norman area, Great Northern Peninsula, western Newfoundland. Geological Survey Branch, Department of Mines and Energy, Newfoundland and Labrador, Report 89-2 1-168

Belongs to Leiostegium according to W. D. Boyce 1989

Sister taxa: Leiostegium (Euleiostegium), Leiostegium (Leiostegium), Leiostegium (Perischodory), Leiostegium goodwinensis, Leiostegium manitouensis, Leiostegium puteatum, Leiostegium quadratus, Leiostegium spongiosum, Leiostegium tyboensis

Type specimen: NFM F-110, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eddies Cove West, Leiostegium proprium Interval Zone (Ordovician of Newfoundland)

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