Thaleops arctura Hall 1847 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Alternative combination: Illaenus arcturus

Belongs to Thaleops according to L. Amati and S. R. Westrop 2004

See also Shaw 1968 and Shaw and Bolton 2011

Sister taxa: Thaleops conifrons, Thaleops conradi, Thaleops depressicapitata, Thaleops jaanussoni, Thaleops laurentiana, Thaleops longispina, Thaleops nunavutica, Thaleops ovata, Thaleops punctata, Thaleops raymondi, Thaleops vindex

Type specimen: NYSM 4499, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thaleops arctura in the database

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