Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington and W.R., I.I. Evitt. 1953. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites. Geological Society of America Memoir 59:1-139
Belongs to Mesotaphraspis according to H. B. Whittington and W.R., II. Evitt 1953
Sister taxa: Mesotaphraspis bockeliei, Mesotaphraspis dalfaskensis, Mesotaphraspis inornata
Type specimen: USNM 116498. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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