30352 - Rare 2.28 Inch Ectillaenus katzeri Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic
30352 - Rare 2.28 Inch Ectillaenus katzeri Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic 30352 - Rare 2.28 Inch Ectillaenus katzeri Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic 30352 - Rare 2.28 Inch Ectillaenus katzeri Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic 30352 - Rare 2.28 Inch Ectillaenus katzeri Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic

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30352 - Rare 2.28 Inch Ectillaenus katzeri Ordovician Trilobite - Czech Republic

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Species
† Ectillaenus katzeri (Barrande, 1856)
Age
Ordovician, (~460 Million Years)
Location
Osek, Czech Republic
Formation
Sarka Formation
Size
58 mm   •    in
Weight
33 g   •    oz
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Description
Ectillaenus, Salter 1867 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
 
PaleoDB taxon number: 19550

Parent taxon: Illaenidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bumastoides, Bumastus, Caudillaenus, Cryptonymus, Deucalion, Dysplanus, Eastonillaenus, Harpillaenus, Hyboaspis, Hydrolaenus, Illaeninae, Illaenus, Nanillaenus, Octillaenus, Panderinae, Parillaenus, Platillaenus, Ptilillaenus, Stenopareia, Thaleops, Ulugtella, Zbirovia, Zdicella, Zetillaenus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Environments: offshore (12 collections), marine (7), shoreface (4), deep-water (2), basinal (siliciclastic) (1), offshore (1), submarine fan (1), foreshore (1), offshore shelf (1), transition zone/lower shoreface (1)

Age range: 466.0 to 449.5 Ma

Distribution:

• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (5 collections), France (2), Morocco (3), Portugal (7), Spain (22), the United Kingdom (14)

• Arenig of the United Kingdom (4)
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