Rananasus Cullison 1944 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

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Full reference: J. S. Cullison. 1944. The stratigraphy of some Lower Ordovician formations of the Ozark uplift. University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Technical Series Bulletin 15(2):1-112

Parent taxon: Bathyurinae according to L. M. E. McCobb et al. 2014

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Loch 1995, Loch 2007, Sepkoski 1998 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Rananasus brevicephalus

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: Missouri, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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