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 Anacaenaspis according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 2004
Sister taxa: Anacaenaspis callipareos, Anacaenaspis dealgach, Anacaenaspis emarginata, Anacaenaspis gotlandensis, Anacaenaspis wrighti
Type specimen: GSC 122202, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is AN15, which is in an Aeronian open shallow subtidal shale/limestone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Quebec collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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