Pyraustocranium Ross 1951 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1951. Stratigraphy of the Garden City Formation in northeastern Utah, and its trilobite faunas. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 6:1-161

Parent taxon: Telephinidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carolinites, Carrickiinae, Goniophrys, Oopsites, Opipeuter, Opipeuteridae, Phorocephala, Telephina

Subtaxa: Pyraustocranium orbatum

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Type: Pyraustocranium orbatum

Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (4: Idaho collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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