Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
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 Hillyardina according to W. D. Boyce 1989
Sister taxa: Hillyardina levis, Hillyardina marginauctum, Hillyardina semicylindrica, Hillyardina tasmaniensis
Type specimen: NFM F-127, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is BH-9, which is in a Demingian peritidal reef rocks in the Boat Harbour Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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