Ranasasus Cullison 1944 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

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Full reference: J. S. Cullison. 1944. The stratigraphy of some Lower Ordovician formations of the Ozark uplift. University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Technical Series Bulletin 15(2):1-112

Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to J. D. Loch 2007

Sister taxa: Bathyurine, Bolbocephalus, Catochia, Cullisonia, Gelasinocephalus, Jeffersonia, Peltabellia, Petigurus, Psalikilopsis, Rananasus, Speyeris

Subtaxa: none

Type: Ranasasus conicus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (17: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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