Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra Fortey 1974 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Alternative combinations: Balnibarbi ceryx anataphra, Cloacaspis anataphra

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

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

See also Fortey 1974, Hopkins 2019 and Wagner 2020

Sister taxon: Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx

Type specimen: PMO NF 651, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Norway (3 collections), United States (1: California)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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