Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain. 1997. Proetid trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) of the Cape Phillips Formation, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Palaeontographic Italica 84:21-111
Belongs to Westropia according to J. M. Adrain 1997
Sister taxon: Westropia skipperae
Type specimen: ROM 53058, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is ABR TTD (talus collection), Cape Phillips Fm., Cornwallis Island, Northwest Terr, which is in a Sheinwoodian slope carbonate/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
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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