Exallaspis bruntoni Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 2004. Early Silurian trilobites of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 22

Belongs to Exallaspis according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 2004

Sister taxa: Exallaspis acarescola, Exallaspis bufo, Exallaspis coronata, Exallaspis deflexa, Exallaspis illinoiensis, Exallaspis lothiana, Exallaspis maccrackeni, Exallaspis marklini, Exallaspis muldensis, Exallaspis quadrimucronatus, Exallaspis varbolensis

Type specimen: GSC 122264, a pygidium. Its type locality is AN66, which is in a Telychian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone/shale in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at AN66

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