Glossopleura gigantea Resser 1939 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1939. The Spence Shale and its fauna. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(12):1-29

Belongs to Glossopleura according to C. E. Resser 1939

Sister taxa: Glossopleura alabamensis, Glossopleura baton, Glossopleura bion, Glossopleura boccar, Glossopleura buttsi, Glossopleura campbelli, Glossopleura expansa, Glossopleura intermedia, Glossopleura leona, Glossopleura lodensis, Glossopleura mohavensis, Glossopleura packi, Glossopleura producta, Glossopleura similaris, Glossopleura sulcata, Glossopleura tuta, Glossopleura utahensis, Glossopleura walcotti, Glossopleura yatesi

Type specimen: USNM 96527, an exoskeleton

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Delamaran of United States (3: Utah collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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