Peracheilus quadratus Ludvigsen et al. 1989 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

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 Peracheilus according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Peracheilus communis, Peracheilus gibbus, Peracheilus latus, Peracheilus marcoui, Peracheilus spinosus, Acheilus depressus, Acheilus levisensis, Acheilus oryx, Acheilus limbatus, Acheilus monile

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cow Head CH 81, 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 Cow Head CH 81

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