Clelandia aspina Ross and Barnes 1967 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross and H. B. Barnes. 1967. Some Middle Ordovician Brachiopods and Trilobites from the Basin Ranges, Western United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 523-D:D1-D4

Belongs to Clelandia according to R. J., Jr. Ross and H. B. Barnes 1967

Sister taxa: Clelandia bispina, Clelandia parabola, Clelandia utahensis

Type specimen: USNM 145867, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS loc. D1394 CO, Funeral Mountains (Ordovician of California)

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