Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Full reference: T. Kobayashi, J. Katto, and T. Hamada. 1984. New observations of Shiroishi-ohsawa, Mt. Yokokura, Kochi Prefecture with palaeontological studies on the cephalopods and trilobites from the locality. Research Report of the Kochi University 32:235-258
Belongs to Bumastus according to T. Kobayashi et al. 1984
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 lioderma, Bumastus longiops, Bumastus niagarensis, Bumastus orbicaudatus, Bumastus porrectus, Bumastus rowleyi, Bumastus sakoi, Bumastus tenuis, Bumastus trentonensis, Bumastus vulsus
Type specimen: KGS 3590, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is new trilobite collection, Gomi Quarry, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/shale in the Fukata Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at new trilobite collection, Gomi Quarry
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