Griffithides (Griffithides) majus Chamberlain 1977 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Full reference: C. K. Chamberlain. 1977. Carboniferous and Permian trilobites from Ellesmere Island and Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 51:758-771

Belongs to Griffithides (Griffithides) according to C. K. Chamberlain 1977

Sister taxon: Griffithides (Griffithides) megalopos

Type specimen: UA 2442, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is UA locality RM 8, Milepost 212, Richardson Highway, which is in a Moscovian marine mudstone in Alaska.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at UA locality RM 8, Milepost 212, Richardson Highway

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