Westropia skipperae Adrain 1997 (trilobite)

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 benfieldi

Type specimen: ROM 53073, a pygidium. Its type locality is ABR 3TT, Cornwallis Island, which is in a Homerian slope carbonate/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at ABR 3TT, Cornwallis Island

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