Ranasasus brevicephalus Cullison 1944 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

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

Belongs to Ranasasus according to J. Loch 1995

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM MSM-106.2. Its type locality is M. S. M. 106.2. Missouri State Highway 80, 1/4 mile west of Tecumseh bridge, which is in a Jeffersonian carbonate dolomite in the Rich Fountain Formation of Missouri.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (13: Oklahoma collections)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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