Millardicurus millardensis Hintze 1953 (trilobite)

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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