Plectrifer Opik 1967 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Alternative spelling: Plectifer

Parent taxon: Rhyssometopidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Qiandongaspis, Rhyssometopus, Rhyssometropus, Tasmana

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 8. NT 187. Ross River bank, 3.2 kilometers south of Loves Creek Homestead (now Ross RIver Resort) (Cambrian of Australia)

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