Aphelaspis subditus Palmer 1962 (trilobite)

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

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