Acadoparadoxides deani Geyer and Vincent 2015 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Paradoxididae

Synonyms: Paradoxides (Acadoparadoxides) mureroensis Sdzuy 1958, Paradoxides (Accadoparadoxides) mureroensis Sdzuy 1958

Full reference: G. Geyer and T. Vincent. 2015. The Paradoxides puzzle resolved: the appearance of the oldest paradoxidines and its bearing on the Cambrian Series 3 lower boundary. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:335-398

Belongs to Acadoparadoxides according to G. Geyer and T. Vincent 2015

See also Geyer and Landing 2004 and Smith and Zamora 2013

Sister taxa: Acadoparadoxides briareus, Acadoparadoxides harlani, Acadoparadoxides levisettii, Acadoparadoxides mureroensis, Acadoparadoxides nobilis, Acadoparadoxides ovatopyge

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Alnif, at Assemame 3 (Cambrian of Morocco)

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