Phylacterus texanus Longacre 1970 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

Alternative combinations: Liostracinoides texanus, Westonaspis texana

Full reference: S. A. Longacre. 1970. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Ptychaspid Biomere Wilberns Formation, central Texas. The Paleontological Society Memoir 4:1-70

Belongs to Phylacterus according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989

See also Fortey et al. 1982 and Longacre 1970

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BEG 36574

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection)

• Skullrockian of United States (1: Texas)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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