†Raymondella elegans Cooper 1953 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Alternative combination: Ampyxina elegans
Full reference: B. N. Cooper. 1953. Trilobites from the Lower Champlainian formations of the Appalachian Valley. Geological Society of America Memoir 55:1-69
Belongs to Raymondella according to H. B. Whittington 1959
Sister taxa: Raymondella macconochiei, Raymondella nevadensis
Type specimen: USNM 116445c, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension 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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