Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1965. Trilobites of the Late Cambrian Pterocephaliid Biomere in the Great Basin, United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 493:1-105
Belongs to Aphelaspis according to A.R. Palmer 1962
Sister taxa: Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis longifrons, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis subditus, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria conveximarginata, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria westropi
Type specimen: USNM 141641, a pygidium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aphelaspis longispina in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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