Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1990. Systematics of Encrinuroides and Curriella (Trilobita), with a new Early Silurian encrinurine from the Mackenzie Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27(6):820-833
Belongs to Curriella according to G. D. Edgecombe and B. D. E. Chatterton 1990
Sister taxa: Curriella newlandensis, Curriella tuberculifrons
Type specimen: UA 7872, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Fauna a, Section AV1, Whittaker Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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