Acidiphorus ligo Fortey 1980 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1980. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. III. Remaining trilobites of the Valhallfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 171:1-163

Belongs to Acidiphorus according to R. A. Fortey 1980

Sister taxa: Acidiphorus brevispicatus, Acidiphorus brighti, Acidiphorus hesperia, Acidiphorus kindlei, Acidiphorus lineotuberculatus, Acidiphorus moorei, Acidiphorus rostratus, Acidiphorus scorpionis, Acidiphorus spinifer, Acidiphorus wahwahensis, Acidiphorus whittingtoni, Acidiphorus williamsi, Goniotelina broeggeri, Goniotelina ensifer, Goniotelina plicolabeonus, Goniotelina brevis, Goniotelus unicornis

Type specimen: PMO NF 126, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Zone V4b, Ny Friesland ( of Norway)

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