Delaria brevis Brezinski 1992 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: D. K. Brezinski. 1992. Permian trilobites from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):924-943

Belongs to Delaria according to D. K. Brezinski 1992

Sister taxa: Delaria antiqua, Delaria chinatiensis, Delaria granti, Delaria sevilloidia, Delaria snowi, Delaria westexensis

Type specimen: USNM 447546, a pygidium. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (17: Texas collections)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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