Strigigenalis knighti Boyce 1983 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Alternative combinations: Peltabellia knighti, Peltabellia knightii

Full reference: W. D. Boyce. 1983. Preliminary Ordovician trilobite stratigraphy of the Eddies Cove West-Port au Choix area, western Newfoundland. Current Research 11-15

Belongs to Strigigenalis according to J. D. Loch 2007

See also Adrain and Westrop 2005, Boyce 1983, Boyce 1986 and Boyce 1989

Sister taxa: Strigigenalis brevicaudata, Strigigenalis caudata, Strigigenalis crassimarginata, Strigigenalis derbyi, Strigigenalis implexa, Strigigenalis insentis, Strigigenalis stevensi

Type specimen: NFM F-157, a pygidium. Its type locality is BH-46, which is in a Jeffersonian peritidal packstone/grainstone in the Boat Harbour Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection)

• Cassinian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Jeffersonian of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador)

• Canadian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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