Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: C. Poulsen. 1937. On the Lower Ordovician faunas of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 119(3):1-72
Parent taxon: Bathyurellinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurellus, Benthamaspis, Chapmania, Chapmanopyge, Grinnellaspis, Harlandaspis, Licnocephala, Lutesvillia, Punka, Uromystrum
Subtaxa: Ceratopeltis bachensis Ceratopeltis forteyi Ceratopeltis latilimbata
Type: Ceratopeltis latilimbata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Greenland (1), Norway (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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