Dindymene ovalis Weir 1959 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Full reference: J. A. Weir. 1959. Ashgillian trilobites from Co. Clare, Ireland. Palaeontology 1(4):369-383

Belongs to Dindymene according to J. A. Weir 1959

Sister taxa: Dindymene brevicaudata, Dindymene fridericiaugusti, Dindymene longicaudata, Dindymene megacranidia, Dindymene ornata, Dindymene plasi, Dindymene whittingtoni

Type specimen: B.M. In. 53388, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Stream on south-eastern boundary of Ballyvorgal South, Slieve Bemagh Mountains, which is in a Katian marine mudstone in Ireland.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stream on south-eastern boundary of Ballyvorgal South, Slieve Bemagh Mountains

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