Taenora platifrons Palmer 1954 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Alternative combination: Labiostria platifrons

Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1954. The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 28(6):709-786

Belongs to Taenora according to Palmer 1960

Sister taxon: Taenora expansa

Type specimen: UT-32144, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is WC-771, which is in a Paibian marine limestone in the Riley Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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