†Dicranopeltis eretes Holloway 2021 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: D. J. Holloway. 2021. Middle Silurian trilobites from Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA. Orders Lichida and Odontopleurida. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 319(1-6):57-131
Belongs to Dicranopeltis according to D. J. Holloway 2021
Sister taxa: Dicranopeltis arkansana, Dicranopeltis decipiens, Dicranopeltis eopolytoma, Dicranopeltis imperfecta, Dicranopeltis polytoma, Dicranopeltis polytomus, Dicranopeltis scabra, Dicranopeltis tricornis, Nonix sauroter
Type specimen: USNM 299084, a cephalon/head
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USNM 438c. Searcy Spring (Silurian of Arkansas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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