Phaseolops sepositus Whittington 1963 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1963. Middle Ordovician trilobites from Lower Head, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(1):1-118

Belongs to Phaseolops according to H. B. Whittington 1963

Sister taxon: Phaseolops bobowensi

Type specimen: GSC 16148, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Alpha Boulder, Table Head

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