Chelediscus chathamensis Rasetti 1967 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1967. Lower and Middle Cambrian Trilobite Faunas from the Taconic Sequence of New York. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 152(4):1-111

Belongs to Chelediscus according to F. Rasetti 1967

Sister taxon: Chelediscus acifer

Type specimen: USNM 156584

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at cs-9. Leptochilodiscus punctulatus beds. Maiden Bridge road cut, East Chatham (Cambrian of New York)

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