Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton. 2007. Late Ordovician and Silurian lichid trilobites from Northwestern Canada: Hemiarges, Borealarges, and Richterarges. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1348-1364
Belongs to Borealarges according to M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton 2007
Sister taxa: Borealarges bucklandii, Borealarges calei, Borealarges convexus, Borealarges fritillus, Borealarges kielcensis, Borealarges mikulicorum, Borealarges morrisoni, Borealarges nicoae, Borealarges patulus, Borealarges reedi, Borealarges simplex, Borealarges tuckerae, Borealarges variabilis, Borealarges warholi, Borealarges yulei
Type specimen: UA 9844, a pygidium. 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 (3: Northwest Territories collections)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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