Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Alternative combination: Bellerophon nodosus
Full reference: J. W. Salter and W.T. Aveline. 1854. On the “Caradoc Sandstone” of Shropshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10(1):62-75
Belongs to Cyrtolites according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Reed 1921, Salter 1865 and Salter and Aveline 1854
Sister taxa: Cyrtolites (Cyrtolites), Cyrtolites (Cyrtonella), Cyrtolites budleighensis, Cyrtolites claysferryensis, Cyrtolites craigensis, Cyrtolites dilatus, Cyrtolites disjunctus, Cyrtolites grandis, Cyrtolites hornyi, Cyrtolites inornatum, Cyrtolites inprobus, Cyrtolites insculptus, Cyrtolites occultus, Cyrtolites ornatus, Cyrtolites retrorsus, Cyrtolites rugosus, Cyrtolites seminulum, Cyrtolites sinuatus, Cyrtolites sinuosus, Cyrtolites thraivensis, Cyrtolites trentonensis, Cyrtolites tuboides, Cyrtolites undulatus
Subtaxa: Cyrtolites nodosus llandoveriana Cyrtolites nodosus nodosus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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