Ectenaspis beckeri Slocom 1913 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Alternative combination: Megalaspis beckeri

Belongs to Ectenaspis according to L. Amati 2014

See also Raymond 1920

Sister taxa: Ectenaspis burkhalteri, Ectenaspis homalonotoides

Type specimen: UC 41151, a skeleton (nearly complete, testate individual)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ravine 2 miles west of Clermont (Ordovician of Minnesota)

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