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 Dicranogmus according to M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton 2006
Sister taxa: Dicranogmus aequalis, Dicranogmus gregalis, Dicranogmus guizhouensis, Dicranogmus pustulatus, Dicranogmus scabrosus, Dicranogmus skinneri, Dicranogmus wilsoni, Dicranogmus wynni
Type specimen: UA 10140, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Fauna j, Section AV4, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Whitwellian slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whitwellian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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