Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: A.R. Palmer. 1962. Glyptagnostus and associated trilobites in the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 374(F):F1-F49
Belongs to Aphelaspis according to A.R. Palmer 1962
Sister taxa: Aphelaspis arsoides, Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis buttsi, 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 conveximarginata, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria westropi
Type specimen: USNM 143168, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Steptoean Stage, Duck Creek, Nevada - Palmer 1999, which is in the Steptoean/Dolgellian of shale/limestone the Dunderberg Formation Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Yukon collections), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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