Brachyhipposiderus logimus Jell 1985 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Full reference: P. A. Jell. 1985. Tremadoc trilobites of the Digger Island Formation, Waratah Bay, Victoria. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 46:53-88

Belongs to Brachyhipposiderus according to Jell 1985

Sister taxa: Brachyhipposiderus hunanensis, Brachyhipposiderus secundus

Type specimen: NMVP74419. Its type locality is NMVPL184. Digger Island. Waratah Bay, which is in a Lancefieldian marine mudstone in the Digger Island Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), Iran (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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