Acidiphorus moorei Raymond 1913 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Alternative combinations: Goniotelina moorei, Holasaphus moorei

Synonym: Bathyurus romainensis Twenhofel 1938

Belongs to Acidiphorus according to K. D. Brett and S. R. Westrop 1996

See also Desbiens et al. 1996, Shaw and Bolton 2011 and Twenhofel 1938

Sister taxa: Acidiphorus brevispicatus, Acidiphorus brighti, Acidiphorus hesperia, Acidiphorus kindlei, Acidiphorus ligo, Acidiphorus lineotuberculatus, Acidiphorus rostratus, Acidiphorus scorpionis, Acidiphorus spinifer, Acidiphorus wahwahensis, Acidiphorus whittingtoni, Acidiphorus williamsi, Goniotelina brevis, Goniotelina plicolabeonus, Goniotelina broeggeri, Goniotelina ensifer, Goniotelus unicornis

Type specimens:

  • Acidiphorus moorei: GSC 7823, a pygidium
  • Bathyurus romainensis:

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 95813 ( of Quebec)

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