Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Full reference: R. L. Heller. 1954. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri. State of Missouri Department of Business and Administration, Division of Geological Survey and Water Resources 1-60
Belongs to Hystricurus according to R. L. Heller 1954
Sister taxa: Hystricurus conicus, Hystricurus contractus, Hystricurus crassilimbatus, Hystricurus deflectus, Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus penchiensis, Hystricurus robustus, Hystricurus sulcatus, Hystricurus zanderi
Type specimen: U. Mo. No. 10328, a cephalon/head (cranidium).
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at MR-26. Southeast facing slope, sw of Pine Hollow School, 110 above Birch Tree Rd (Ordovician of Missouri)
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