Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1953. Additional Garden City (Early Ordovician) trilobites. Journal of Paleontology 27(5):633-646
Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Adrain et al. 2003, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bathyurine, Bolbocephalus, Catochia, Cullisonia, Gelasinocephalus, Jeffersonia, Peltabellia, Petigurus, Rananasus, Ranasasus, Speyeris
Subtaxa: Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda
Type: Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (1 collection), United States (4: Idaho)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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