Chapmanopyge sanddoelaensis Adrain and Westrop 2005 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2005. Lower Ordovician trilobites from the Baumann Fiord Formation, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(9):1523-1546

Belongs to Chapmanopyge according to L. M. E. McCobb et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata, Chapmanopyge knudseni, Chapmanopyge oklahomensis

Type specimen: ROM 56813, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Profilstranda, Chapmanopyge fauna, Ny Friesland (Ordovician of Norway)

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