Avalonia Walcott 1890 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Atopidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1890. Descriptive notes of new genera and species from the Lower Cambrian or Olenellus zone of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12:33-46

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Atops, Pseudatops

Subtaxa: Avalonia manuelensis

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Type: Avalonia manuelensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Manuel’s Brook, Conception Bay (Cambrian of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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