†Cloacaspis Fortey 1974 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1974. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160:1-129
Parent taxon: Balnibarbiinae according to R. A. Fortey 1974
See also Fortey and Droser 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Balnibarbi
Subtaxa: Cloacaspis ceryx Cloacaspis dejecta Cloacaspis ekphymosa Cloacaspis senilis Cloacaspis tesselata
Type: Cloacaspis senilis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (2 collections)
• Ordovician of Norway (6), United States (6: Alaska, California, Nevada)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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