Walencrinuroides rolfi Moss and Westrop 2014 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Full reference: D. K. Moss and S. R. Westrop. 2014. Systematics of some Late Ordovician encrinurine trilobites from Laurentian North America. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1095-1119

Belongs to Walencrinuroides according to D. K. Moss and S. R. Westrop 2014

Sister taxa: Walencrinuroides autochthon, Walencrinuroides polypleura, Walencrinuroides rarus, Walencrinuroides tremblayi

Type specimen: UA 1372, a cephalon/head (Cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (8: Northwest Territories collections)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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