Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2005. Lower Ordovician trilobites from the Baumann Fiord Formation, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(9):1523-1546
Belongs to Licnocephala according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2005
See also Fortey and Bruton 2013 and McCobb et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Licnocephala bicornuta, Licnocephala brevicauda, Licnocephala cavigladius, Licnocephala ovata, Licnocephala sminue
Type specimen: ROM 56813, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Nunavut collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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