Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: R. Ludvigsen and R. P. Tripp. 1990. Silurian trilobites from the northern Yukon Territory. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum (153)1-59
Belongs to Hedstroemia according to R. Ludvigsen and R. P. Tripp 1990
Sister taxa: Hedstroemia acer, Hedstroemia channahonensis, Hedstroemia delicatus, Hedstroemia formosa, Hedstroemia pachydermatus, Hedstroemia planedorsata, Hedstroemia sourdoughi, Hedstroemia sugiharensis
Type specimen: ROM 45347, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Hedstroemia Assemblage at Prongs Creek, Yukon Territory, which is in a Ludlow deep subtidal shelf carbonate in the Road River Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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