Trilobita - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae

Full reference: J. S. Hollingsworth. 2007. Fallotaspidoid trilobite assemblage (Lower Cambrian ) from the Esmeralda Basin (western Nevada, USA): The oldest trilobites from Laurentia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 33:123-140

Parent taxon: Fallotaspididae according to J. S. Hollingsworth 2007

Sister taxa: Avefallotaspis, Choubertella, Daguinaspidinae, Daguinaspis, Eofallotaspis, Fallotaspidinae, Fallotaspis, Parafallotaspis, Profallotaspis

Subtaxa: Amplifallotaspis keni

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Type: Amplifallotaspis keni

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at GCM, Slate Ridge [Andrews Mtn Mbr, Campito Fm] ( of Nevada)

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