†Ampyxina lanceola Whittington 1959 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1959. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites: Remopleuridae, Trinucleidae, Raphiophoridae, Endymioniidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 121(8):371-496
Belongs to Ampyxina according to H. B. Whittington 1959
Sister taxa: Ampyxina bellatula, Ampyxina powelli
Type specimen: USNM 137692, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Loc. 16, junction Hwy 617 and 753, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 16, junction Hwy 617 and 753
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