Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Full reference: R. E. Swisher, S. R. Westrop, and L. Amati. 2015. The Upper Ordovician trilobite Raymondites Sinclair, 1944 in North America. Journal of Paleontology 89(1):110-134
Belongs to Bathyurus (Raymondites) according to R. E. Swisher et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Bathyurus (Raymondites) clochensis, Bathyurus (Raymondites) ingalli, Bathyurus (Raymondites) longispinus, Bathyurus (Raymondites) spiniger
Type specimen: OU 12656, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is road cut on Missouri State Highway MM, 2.7 km southeast of House Springs, which is in a Trentonian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at road cut on Missouri State Highway MM, 2.7 km southeast of House Springs
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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