Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
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 Jeffersonia according to R. L. Heller 1954
Sister taxa: Jeffersonia exterminata, Jeffersonia granosa, Jeffersonia jenni, Jeffersonia striagena, Jeffersonia timon, Jeffersonia ulrichi, Jeffersonia viator, Bathyurina megalops
Type specimen: U. Mo. No. 10337, a cephalon/head (cranidium). 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: found only at MR-15, Hwy 5 and Bryant Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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