Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
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 Plethopeltis according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Plethopeltis levis, Plethometopus dubius, Plethometopus convergens, Plethometopus armatus, Plethometopus angustus, Plethometopus acutus, Plethometopus laticeps
Type specimen: GSC 70337, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Broom Point North BPN 245, which is in a Sunwaptan platform/shelf-margin reef limestone in the Shallow Bay Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Broom Point North BPN 245
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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