Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 2004. Early Silurian trilobites of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 22
Belongs to Encrinurus according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 2004
Sister taxa: Encrinurus confusevarus, Encrinurus deomenos, Encrinurus diabolus, Encrinurus expansus, Encrinurus fimbriatus, Encrinurus hagshawensis, Encrinurus hastula, Encrinurus hyperboreus, Encrinurus ishii, Encrinurus lamonti, Encrinurus laurentinus, Encrinurus longi, Encrinurus mamelon, Encrinurus mullochensis, Encrinurus multisegmentatus, Encrinurus niquivilensis, Encrinurus nodai, Encrinurus nodosarius, Encrinurus octocostatus, Encrinurus octonarius, Encrinurus priscus, Encrinurus punctatus, Encrinurus reflexus, Encrinurus rosensteinae, Encrinurus similis, Encrinurus spicatus, Encrinurus squarrosus, Encrinurus stateratus, Encrinurus stenorhachis, Encrinurus striatus, Encrinurus subtrigonalis, Encrinurus tosensis, Encrinurus trispinosus, Encrinurus yokokurensis
Type specimen: GSC 122539, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is AN68, which is in an Aeronian/Telychian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone/mudstone in the Jupiter Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (5: Quebec collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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