Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain, N. E. B. McAdams, and S. R. Westrop. 2012. Affinities of the Lower Ordovician (Tulean; lower Floian) trilobite Gladiatoria, with species from the Great Basin, western United States. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 42:321-367
Belongs to Gladiatoria according to J. M. Adrain et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Gladiatoria gladiator, Gladiatoria harrisi, Gladiatoria nielsenae, Gladiatoria phoenixi, Gladiatoria reedi
Type specimen: SUI 126713, a pygidium. Its type locality is G 210.2, which is in a Tulean open shallow subtidal horizon in the Fillmore Limestone Formation of Utah.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Idaho, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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