Pytine Fortey 1975 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1975. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162:1-125

Parent taxon: Endymioniinae according to O. A. Hoel 1999

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anisonotella, Carinocranium, Endymionia, Lehnertia, Mynaralaspis

Subtaxa: Pytine brevicauda Pytine graia

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Type: Pytine graia

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Billingen of Norway (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Norway (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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