Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Full reference: Y. Howells. 1982. Scottish Silurian trilobites. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 135(561):1-70
Belongs to Bumastus according to Y. Howells 1982
Sister taxa: Bumastus (Bumastella), Bumastus (Bumastus), Bumastus agmakros, Bumastus barriensis, Bumastus comes, Bumastus cuniculus, Bumastus dayi, Bumastus decipiens, Bumastus dispassus, Bumastus graftonensis, Bumastus holei, Bumastus indeterminatus, Bumastus insignis, Bumastus ioxus, Bumastus kattoi, Bumastus lioderma, Bumastus longiops, Bumastus niagarensis, Bumastus orbicaudatus, Bumastus porrectus, Bumastus rowleyi, Bumastus sakoi, Bumastus tenuis, Bumastus trentonensis
Type specimen: BM In21755, a pygidium. Its type locality is Lauchlan Burn, which is in an Aeronian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Wood Burn Grits Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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