Artiopoda - Agnostida - Weymouthiidae
Full reference: A. W. A. Rushton. 1966. The Cambrian trilobites from the Purley Shales of Warwickshire. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 120:1-55
Parent taxon: Weymouthiidae according to O. R. Regalado Fernandez and F. Sour-Tovar 2022
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abakolia, Acidiscus, Acimetopus, Analox, Bathydiscus, Bolboparia, Cobboldites, Leptochilodiscus, Litometopus, Mallagnostus, Meniscuchus, Morocconus, Ninadiscus, Oodiscus, Pseudocobboldia, Runcinodiscus, Semadiscus, Serrodiscus, Stigmadiscus, Tannudiscus, Weymouthia
Subtaxa: Chelediscus acifer Chelediscus chathamensis
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: New York)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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