Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and A. J. Wright. 1986. Silicified Early Devonian trilobites from Mudgee, New South Wales. Alcheringa 10(3):279-296

Belongs to Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) according to M. C. Ebach and S. T. Ahyong 2001

Sister taxa: Belenopyge balliviani, Belenopyge contusa, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) branikensis, Lobopyge niobe, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) brevis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) hirsuta, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) parapleura, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) pragensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) edgecombei, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) australiformis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) sinuata, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) bassei, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) australis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) docekali, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) brankiensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) uralensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) decheni, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) parvulus, Lobopyge permaginata, Lobopyge (Lobopyge), Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) pristina, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) consanguinea

Type specimen: AMF 65395, a pygidium. Its type locality is Flirtation Hill, which is in a Zlichovian/Daleje marine limestone in Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Flirtation Hill

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