Tinaspis totoyaca Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800

Belongs to Tinaspis according to R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 158980, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is USNM 16001c, Tinu Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico - Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968, which is in the Tremadoc of limestone/shale the Tinu Formation Mexico.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USNM 16001c, Tinu Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico - Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968

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