Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) billingsi Ludvigsen et al. 1989 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Full reference: R. Ludvigsen, S. R. Westrop, and C. H. Kindle. 1989. Sunwaptan (Upper Cambrian) trilobites of the Cow Head Group, western Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 6:1-175

Belongs to Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Orygmaspis (Parabolinoides) richardsoni, Parabolinoides bucephalus, Parabolinoides calvilimbata, Parabolinoides granulosus

Type specimen: GSC 69878, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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