Lunacrania spicata Fortey 1983 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1983. Cambrian-Ordovican trilobites from the boundary beds in western Newfoundland and their phylogenetic significance. in D. E. G. Briggs and P. D. Lane, eds, Trilobites and other Early Arthropods, Special Papers in Palaeontology 30 179-211

Belongs to Lunacrania according to R. A. Fortey 1983

Sister taxa: Lunacrania nasuta, Lunacrania trisecta

Type specimen: ROM 42290, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at B1 boulder bed, Broom Point South (Ordovician of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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