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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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