Encrinurus spicatus Tripp 1974 (trilobite)

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

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