Richterarges facetus Campbell and Chatterton 2007 (trilobite)

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 Richterarges according to M. J. Campbell and B. D. E. Chatterton 2007

Sister taxa: Richterarges aquilonius, Richterarges bigener, Richterarges echinatus, Richterarges ethnikos, Richterarges gibbus, Richterarges ormistoni, Richterarges ptyonurus, Richterarges rolfei

Type specimen: UA 10278, a pygidium. Its type locality is Fauna x, Section AV5, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in a Wenlock slope limestone/shale in the Delorme Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fauna x, Section AV5, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts.

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