Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
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 Bolbocephalus according to W. D. Boyce 1989
Sister taxa: Bolbocephalus (Hadrohybus), Bolbocephalus convexus, Bolbocephalus ellesmerensis, Bolbocephalus glaber, Bolbocephalus gunnari, Bolbocephalus jeffersonensis, Bolbocephalus myktos, Bolbocephalus seelyi, Bolbocephalus stclairi, Bolbocephalus stitti
Type specimen: NFM F-209, a pygidium. Its type locality is CN-1-16, which is in a Cassinian peritidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Catoche Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Norway (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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