Aphelaspis buttsi Kobayashi 1936 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Alternative combination: Proaulacopleura buttsi

Belongs to Aphelaspis according to S. Peng 1992

Sister taxa: Aphelaspis arsoides, Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Aphelaspis camiro, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis haguei, Aphelaspis inermis, Aphelaspis longifrons, Aphelaspis longispina, Aphelaspis quadrata, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis subditus, Aphelaspis tarda, Aphelaspis tumifrons, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria conveximarginata, Labiostria westropi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (1 collection), United States (2: Alabama, Nevada)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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