Hystricurus zanderi Adrain et al. 2014 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Full reference: J. M. Adrain, S. R. Westrop, T. S. Karim and E. Landing. 2014. Trilobite biostratigraphy of the Stairsian Stage (upper Tremadocian) of the Ibexian Series, Lower Ordovician, western United States. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 45:167-214

Belongs to Hystricurus according to J. M. Adrain et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Hystricurus conicus, Hystricurus contractus, Hystricurus crassilimbatus, Hystricurus deflectus, Hystricurus elevatus, Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus penchiensis, Hystricurus robustus, Hystricurus sulcatus

Type specimen: SUI 134283, a pygidium

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hystricurus zanderi in the database

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