Artiopoda - Proetida - Scharyiidae
Full reference: B.D.E. Chatterton, G. D. Edgecombe, B.G. Waisfeld and N.E. Vaccari. 1998. Ontogeny and systematics of Toernquistiidae (Trilobita, Proetida) from the Ordovician of the Argentine Precordillera. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):273-303
Belongs to Lasarchopyge according to B.D.E. Chatterton et al. 1998
Sister taxon: Lasarchopyge correae
Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 16971, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is LA 2, Las Aguaditas North Section, ~5.5 km west and ~9.5 km south of San José da Jáchal, which is in a Costonian deep subtidal shelf marl/claystone in the Las Aguaditas Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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