Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: M. Ghobadi Pour, L. M. E. McCobb, R. M. Owens and L. E. Popov. 2011. Late Ordovician trilobites from the Karagach Formation of the western Tarbagatai Range, Kazakhstan. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 101:161-187
Belongs to Birmanites according to M. Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Birmanites brevicus, Birmanites hupeiensis, Birmanites kanlingensis, Birmanites latus, Birmanites qilangensis
Type specimen: NMW 2005.32G.181 (external mould of cranidium). Its type locality is 203b. Karugach Section. East side of Ayaguz River, about 7 km north of Akchii, which is in a Katian carbonate sandstone/siltstone in the Karagach Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Kazakhstan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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