Litzicurus orbus Ross 1953 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Alternative combination: Pseudohystricurus orbus

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1953. Additional Garden City (Early Ordovician) trilobites. Journal of Paleontology 27(5):633-646

Belongs to Litzicurus according to J. M. Adrain et al. 2009

See also Ross 1953

Sister taxon: Litzicurus shawi

Type specimen: YPM 18779, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, recollection of basal "G(1)" zone, which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, recollection of basal "G(1)" zone

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