Ampyx punctolineatus Zhou and Fortey 1986 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Full reference: Z. Zhou and R. A. Fortey. 1986. Ordovician trilobites from north and northeastern China. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 192:157-210

Belongs to Ampyx according to Z. Zhou and R. A. Fortey 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NI80583, a pygidium. Its type locality is Location 4 Horizon 10, which is in a Llanvirn marine limestone in the Machiakou Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Location 4 Horizon 10

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