Ceratopeltis forteyi Adrain and Westrop 2005 (trilobite)

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 Ceratopeltis according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2005

Sister taxa: Ceratopeltis bachensis, Ceratopeltis latilimbata

Type specimen: MGUH 16.049, a pygidium

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ceratopeltis forteyi in the database

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