Hyrokybe canadensis Billings 1866 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Alternative combinations: Pseudosphaerexochus canadensis, Sphaerexochus canadensis, Youngia canadensis

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

See also Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Hyrokybe copelandi, Hyrokybe hadnagyi, Hyrokybe julli, Hyrokybe lenzi, Hyrokybe lightfooti, Hyrokybe youngi

Type specimen: GSC 2557, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at AN21 (Silurian of Quebec)

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