Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Full reference: R. P. Tripp. 1974. New encrinurid trilobites from the Galena Formation (Ordovician) of Wisconsin and Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 48(3):485-488
Belongs to Encrinurus according to R. P. Tripp 1974
See also Moss and Westrop 2014
Sister taxa: Encrinurus confusevarus, Encrinurus deomenos, Encrinurus diabolus, Encrinurus expansus, Encrinurus fimbriatus, Encrinurus hagshawensis, Encrinurus hastula, Encrinurus hyperboreus, Encrinurus ishii, Encrinurus jini, Encrinurus lamonti, Encrinurus laurentinus, Encrinurus longi, Encrinurus mamelon, Encrinurus mullochensis, Encrinurus multisegmentatus, Encrinurus niquivilensis, Encrinurus nodai, Encrinurus nodosarius, Encrinurus octocostatus, Encrinurus octonarius, Encrinurus priscus, Encrinurus punctatus, Encrinurus reflexus, Encrinurus rosensteinae, Encrinurus similis, Encrinurus squarrosus, Encrinurus stateratus, Encrinurus stenorhachis, Encrinurus striatus, Encrinurus subtrigonalis, Encrinurus tosensis, Encrinurus trispinosus, Encrinurus yokokurensis
Type specimen: USNM 164151, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Encrinurus spicatus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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