Aphelotoxon limbata Palmer 1965 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae

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 Aphelotoxon according to A. R. Palmer 1965

Sister taxa: Aphelotoxon acuminata, Aphelotoxon granulosus, Aphelotoxon lumaleasa, Aphelotoxon marginata, Aphelotoxon punctata, Aphelotoxon spinosus

Type specimen: USNM 141781, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aphelotoxon limbata in the database

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