Leoforteyia Waisfeld et al. 2001 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Full reference: B. G. Waisfeld, B. D. E. Chatterton, and G. D. Edgecombe. 2001. Systematics of Shumardiidae (Trilobita), with new species from the Ordovician of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 75(4):827-859

Parent taxon: Shumardiidae according to B. G. Waisfeld et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Acanthopleurella, Changchowilla, Conophrys, Koldinioidia, Kweichowilla, Leioshumardia, Liriamnica, Shumardia, Shumardoella, Shumardops, Tarimella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leoforteyia in the database

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