†Cybeloides cimelia Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Synonym: Cybeloides platylobus DeMott 1963

Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 1976. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites from the South Nahanni River Area, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 154(1-3):1-106

Belongs to Cybeloides according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 1976

Sister taxa: Cybeloides (Paracybeloides), Cybeloides anna, Cybeloides calliteles, Cybeloides girvanensis, Cybeloides iowensis, Cybeloides loveni, Cybeloides parrotti, Cybeloides prima, Cybeloides spinifera, Cybeloides virginiensis

Type specimens:

  • Cybeloides cimelia: GSC 43545, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
  • Cybeloides platylobus:

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (8: Northwest Territories collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (7: Northwest Territories), United States (1: Iowa/Wisconsin)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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