Hystricurus sulcatus Poulsen 1937 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1937. On the Lower Ordovician faunas of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 119(3):1-72

Belongs to Hystricurus according to C. Poulsen 1937

Sister taxa: Hystricurus conicus, Hystricurus contractus, Hystricurus crassilimbatus, Hystricurus deflectus, Hystricurus elevatus, Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus penchiensis, Hystricurus robustus, Hystricurus zanderi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 3, Andrée Land, which is in a Tremadocian carbonate limestone in the Cass Fjord Formation of Greenland

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 3, Andrée Land

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