Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: R. Feist and K. J. McNamara. 2013. Patterns Of Evolution And Extinction In Proetid Trilobites During The Late Devonian Mass Extinction Event, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Palaeontology 56(2):229-259
Belongs to Palpebralina according to R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2013
Sister taxa: Palpebralina minor, Palpebralina pseudopalpebralis
Type specimen: WAM 11.123, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Locality 05. Windy Knolls, Bugle Gap, 1 km south of Waggon Pass, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 05. Windy Knolls, Bugle Gap, 1 km south of Waggon Pass
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