†Salteria primaeva Wyville Thomson 1864 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Synonym: Salteria americana Cooper 1953

Belongs to Salteria according to Wyville Thomson 1864

See also Cooper 1953 and Whittington 1959

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Salteria primaeva: IGS GSM 35714 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
  • Salteria americana: USNM 116438c, an exoskeleton.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3 collections), United States (1: Virginia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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