Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Alternative combination: Bumastus (Bumastoides) lenzi
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 Bumastoides according to B. D. E. Chatterton 1980
See also Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
Sister taxa: Bumastoides billingsi, Bumastoides shihtzupuensis, Bumastus (Bumastoides) aplatus, Bumastus (Bumastoides) gardenensis, Bumastus (Bumastoides) milleri
Type specimen: GSC 43391, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (9: Northwest Territories)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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