Emanuelaspis (Emanuelina) expansa Laurie and Shergold 1996 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Full reference: J. R. Laurie and J. H. Shergold. 1996. Early Ordovician trilobite taxonomy and biostratigraphy of the Emanuel Formation, Canning Basin, western Australia. Part 1. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 240(1-3):65-103

Belongs to Emanuelaspis (Emanuelina) according to J. R. Laurie and J. H. Shergold 1996

Sister taxon: Emanuelaspis (Emanuelina) peculiaris

Type specimen: CPC 31915, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Section 705/182, which is in a Bendigonian marine limestone/siltstone in the Emanuel Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Section 705/182

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