Persia praecox Lerosey-Aubril 2012 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: R. Lerosey-Aubril. 2012. The late Palaeozoic trilobites of Iran and Armenia and their palaeogeographical significance. Geological Magazine 149(6):1023-1045

Belongs to Persia according to R. Lerosey-Aubril 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: EUIT 7-850, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Howz-e Dorah section, south Shotori range, which is in a Tournaisian carbonate limestone in the Shishtu Formation of Iran.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Howz-e Dorah section, south Shotori range

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