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 elevatus, Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus penchiensis, Hystricurus robustus, Hystricurus sulcatus, Hystricurus zanderi
Type specimen: U. Mo. No. 10329, a pygidium. Its type locality is MR-15, Hwy 5 and Bryant Creek, which is in a Stairsian carbonate chert in the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (11: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), United States (1: Missouri)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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