Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Full reference: M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton. 2006. Late Ordovician and Silurian lichid trilobites from northwestern Canada: eight new species from subfamilies Lichinae, Platylichinae, and Trochurinae. Journal of Paleontology 80(3):514-528

Belongs to Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) according to M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton 2006

Sister taxa: Belenopyge balliviani, Belenopyge contusa, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) australis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) docekali, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) branikensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) brevis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) parapleura, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) pragensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) parvulus, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) decheni, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) brankiensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) sinuata, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) campbelli, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) australiformis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) hirsuta, Lobopyge (Lobopyge), Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) consanguinea, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) uralensis, Lobopyge niobe, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) edgecombei, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) bassei, Lobopyge permaginata

Type specimen: UA 9796, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Section AV4B, Level 112 m, Whittaker Fm., Avalanche Lake Area, Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Hirnantian open shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Section AV4B, Level 112 m, Whittaker Fm., Avalanche Lake Area, Mackenzie Mts.

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