Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain, D.-C. Lee, S. R. Westrop, B. D. E. Chatterton, and E. Landing. 2003. Classification of the trilobite subfamilies Hystricurinae and Hintzecurinae subfam. nov. with new genera from the Lower Ordovician (Ibexian) of Idaho and Utah. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2):553-586
Parent taxon: Hystricurinae according to J. M. Adrain et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Lavadamia, Tersella
Subtaxa: Flectihystricurus acumennasus Flectihystricurus flectimembrus Flectihystricurus wilsoni
Type: Hystricurus flectimembrus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (6: Idaho collections)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
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