Trochurus nasutus Weller 1907 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Alternative combinations: Dicranopeltis nasuta, Trochurus nasuta

Full reference: S. Weller. 1907. The Paleontology of the Niagaran Limestone in the Chicago area. The Trilobita. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 4:163-213

Belongs to Trochurus according to A. T. Thomas and D. J. Holloway 1988

See also Raymond 1916

Sister taxa: Trochurus bartonensis, Trochurus buffoides, Trochurus bulbosus, Trochurus byrnesanus, Trochurus halli, Trochurus sarfi, Trochurus speciosus, Trochurus tornquisti, Lichas (Plusiarges) toernquisti

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Horlick Quarry (Silurian of Wisconsin)

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