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 bruntoni, Exallaspis bufo, Exallaspis coronata, Exallaspis deflexa, Exallaspis illinoiensis, Exallaspis lothiana, Exallaspis marklini, Exallaspis muldensis, Exallaspis quadrimucronatus, Exallaspis varbolensis
Type specimen: GSC 122259, a pygidium (thoracopygidium). Its type locality is AN44, which is in an Aeronian/Telychian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone/mudstone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Quebec collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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