Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: P. D. Lane. 1984. Silurian trilobites from Hall Land and Nyeboe Land, western Greenland. Rapport, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse 121:53-75
Belongs to Nonix according to Lane 1894
Sister taxa: Dicranopeltis arkansana, Dicranopeltis decipiens, Dicranopeltis eopolytoma, Dicranopeltis eretes, Dicranopeltis imperfecta, Dicranopeltis polytoma, Dicranopeltis polytomus, Dicranopeltis scabra, Dicranopeltis tricornis
Type specimen: MGUH 16.338, a pygidium. Its type locality is unite 6D, Kayser Bjerg, which is in a Wenlock reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/lime mudstone in Greenland.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at unite 6D, Kayser Bjerg
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