Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Alternative combination: Plethometopus glaber
Full reference: S. R. Westrop. 1986. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Sunwaptan Stage, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Palaeontographica Canadiana 3:1-179
Belongs to Stenopilus according to J. D. Loch et al. 1993
See also Westrop 1986
Sister taxa: Stenopilus convergens, Stenopilus hirtus, Stenopilus intermedius, Stenopilus latus, Stenopilus longispinus, Stenopilus pronus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Plethometopus glaber Fauna, which is in a Sunwaptan shallow subtidal carbonate in the Mistaya Formation of Canada
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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