Ampyxoides inermis Fortey 1975 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1975. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162:1-125

Belongs to Ampyxoides according to R. A. Fortey 1975

Sister taxa: Ampyxoides occipitalis, Ampyxoides semicostatus

Type specimen: PMO NF 1825, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Zone V4a, Ny Friesland ( of Norway)

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