Wallacia chattertoni Ramskold and Edgecombe 1994 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Full reference: L. Ramskold and G. D. Edgecombe. 1994. Revision of the Silurian encrinurine trilobite Wallacia Lamont 1978, with species from Gotland and Canada. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 68(1):89-115

Belongs to Wallacia according to L. Ramskold and G. D. Edgecombe 1994

Sister taxa: Wallacia elegantula, Wallacia hypolepra, Wallacia jaanussoni, Wallacia laevis, Wallacia masterleei, Wallacia triangula

Type specimen: UA 8862, a pygidium

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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