Pharostoma obtusum McCoy 1846 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Alternative combinations: Otarion obtusa, Otarion obtusum

Belongs to Pharostoma according to E. Warburg 1925

See also Owen and Bruton 1980 and Whittington 1964

Sister taxa: Prionocheilus foveolatum, Prionocheilus mendax, Prionocheilus obtusus, Prionocheilus pulchra, Prionocheilus verneuili, Pharostoma rarum, Pharostoma nieszkowskii, Pharostoma foveolatum, Pharostoma narinosum, Pharostoma leptaenarum

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at North Wales Rawtheyan Assemblage 4D, Rhwlas Limestone (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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