Simulopaladin simulator Haas et al. 1980 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Alternative combinations: Ditomopyge simulator, Paladin simulator

Full reference: W. Haas, G. Hahn, and R. Hahn. 1980. Perm-Trilobiten aus Afghanistan. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 169(4-6):73-127

Belongs to Simulopaladin according to R. A. Fortey and A. P. Heward 2015

See also Haas et al. 1980 and Owens 2003

Sister taxon: Simulopaladin tridentifer

Type specimen: GPIBo/HaHa 59, an exoskeleton (complete trilobite). Its type locality is Kohe Nazuk, Behsud, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Afghanistan.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Kohe Nazuk, Behsud

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