Petigurus Raymond 1913 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bathyurine, Bolbocephalus, Catochia, Cullisonia, Gelasinocephalus, Jeffersonia, Peltabellia, Psalikilopsis, Rananasus, Ranasasus, Speyeris

Subtaxa: Petigurus cullisoni Petigurus cybele Petigurus groenlandicus Petigurus inexpectatus Petigurus nero

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)

• Arenig of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (5)

• Ordovician of Canada (30: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (1), Norway (3), United States (43: Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah)

• Skullrockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland)

Total: 87 collections including 99 occurrences

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