Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Alternative combination: Hystricurus armatus
Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1937. On the Lower Ordovician faunas of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 119(3):1-72
Belongs to Millardicurus according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2006
Sister taxa: Millardicurus housensis, Millardicurus longicephalus, Millardicurus millardensis, Millardicurus nudus, Millardicurus paramillardensis, Millardicurus ravni
Type specimen: MGUH 3641, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 3, Andrée Land, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate limestone in the Cass Fjord Formation of Greenland.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Greenland (3 collections)
• Skullrockian of Canada (5: Newfoundland), Greenland (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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