†Westropia skipperae Adrain 1997 (trilobite)
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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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