Pseudotupolichas chicagoensis Weller 1907 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Alternative combination: Arctinurus chicagoensis

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 Pseudotupolichas according to A. T. Thomas and D. J. Holloway 1988

See also Weller 1907

Sister taxa: Pseudotupolichas anamosa, Pseudotupolichas araneus, Pseudotupolichas concinnus, Pseudotupolichas ornatus, Pseudotupolichas plicatus, Pseudotupolichas visbyensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bumastus (Cybantyx) insignis Subassociation, Thornton Quarry (Silurian of Illinois)

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