Caudillaenus Rabano et al. 2014 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Full reference: I. Rabano, J. C. Gutiérrez-Marco, and D. C. García-Bellido. 2014. A remarkable illaenid trilobite from the Middle Ordovician of Morocco. Bulletin of Geosciences 89(2):365-374

Parent taxon: Illaenidae according to I. Rabano et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Amphoriops, Bumastoides, Caryon, Cryptonymus, Dysplanus, Eastonillaenus, Ectillaenus, Harpillaenus, Hyboaspis, Illaeninae, Illaenus, Nanillaenus, Octillaenus, Panderinae, Parillaenus, Platillaenus, Ptilillaenus, Stenopareia, Thaleops, Ulugtella, Zbirovia, Zdicella

Subtaxa: Caudillaenus advena Caudillaenus nicolasi

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Commercial quarry near Aachich n’Ait Azza, Rahiat (Ordovician of Morocco)

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