Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Alternative combinations: Hystricurus nudus, Paraplethopeltis nudus
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
See also Boyce 1989 and Hintze 1953
Sister taxa: Millardicurus armatus, Millardicurus housensis, Millardicurus longicephalus, Millardicurus millardensis, Millardicurus paramillardensis, Millardicurus ravni
Type specimen: MGUH 3640, 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: found only at Locality 3, Andrée Land
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