Xenocheilos orthos Kurtz 1975 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Nepeidae

Full reference: V. E. Kurtz. 1975. Franconian (Upper Cambrian) trilobite faunas from the Elvins Group of Southeast Missouri. Journal of Paleontology 49(6):1009-1043

Belongs to Xenocheilos according to V. E. Kurtz 1975

Sister taxa: Xenocheilos minutum, Xenocheilos spineum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Section 9, 977.67-5, Davis Fm., Elvins Group, MO - Kurtz 1975, which is in the Franconian of shale the Davis Formation Missouri

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Section 9, 977.67-5, Davis Fm., Elvins Group, MO - Kurtz 1975

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