Onchometopus obtusus Hall 1847 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338

Belongs to Onchometopus according to Raymond 1910

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NYSM 12538 (neotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Onchometopus obtusus in the database

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