Dicranogmus skinneri Perry and Chatterton 1977 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Full reference: D. G. Perry and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1977. Silurian (Wenlockian) trilobites from Baillie-Hamilton Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 14:285-317

Belongs to Dicranogmus according to D. G. Perry and B. D. E. Chatterton 1977

Sister taxa: Dicranogmus aequalis, Dicranogmus gregalis, Dicranogmus guizhouensis, Dicranogmus lepidus, Dicranogmus pustulatus, Dicranogmus scabrosus, Dicranogmus wilsoni, Dicranogmus wynni

Type specimen: GSC 45049, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Greenland (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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