Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1937. On the Lower Ordovician faunas of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 119(3):1-72
Belongs to Hystricurus according to Poulsen 1937
Sister taxa: Hystricurus conicus, Hystricurus contractus, Hystricurus deflectus, Hystricurus elevatus, Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus penchiensis, Hystricurus robustus, Hystricurus sulcatus, Hystricurus zanderi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 6, Andrée Land, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Cape Weber Formation of Greenland
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Arenig of Greenland (3 collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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