Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Alternative combination: Hystricurus millardensis
Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.
Belongs to Millardicurus according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2006
See also Hintze 1953
Sister taxa: Millardicurus armatus, Millardicurus housensis, Millardicurus longicephalus, Millardicurus nudus, Millardicurus paramillardensis, Millardicurus ravni
Type specimen: 26161 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: New Mexico, Utah collections)
• Skullrockian of United States (5: Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
• Cambrian of United States (3: Texas, Utah)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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