Cloacaspis ceryx Fortey 1974 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Alternative combination: Balnibarbi ceryx

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1974. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160:1-129

Belongs to Cloacaspis according to R. A. Fortey et al. 2024

See also Fortey 1974 and Hopkins 2019

Sister taxa: Cloacaspis dejecta, Cloacaspis ekphymosa, Cloacaspis senilis, Cloacaspis tesselata

Subtaxa: Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (4 collections), United States (2: California)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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