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 brachyphasis, Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis camiro, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis haguei, Aphelaspis inermis, Aphelaspis longifrons, Aphelaspis longispina, Aphelaspis quadrata, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis tarda, Aphelaspis tumifrons, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria westropi, Labiostria conveximarginata
Type specimen: USNM 143174a, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (7: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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