Pharostoma rarum Cooper and Kindle 1936 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pharostomatidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372

Belongs to Pharostoma according to G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle 1936

Sister taxa: Prionocheilus foveolatum, Prionocheilus mendax, Prionocheilus obtusus, Prionocheilus pulchra, Prionocheilus verneuili, Pharostoma narinosum, Pharostoma leptaenarum, Pharostoma obtusum, Pharostoma foveolatum, Pharostoma nieszkowskii

Type specimen: USNM 91795, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Priest's Road (Ordovician of Quebec)

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