Lonchodomas tenuis Nielsen 1995 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Full reference: A. T. Nielsen. 1995. Trilobite systematies, biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of the Lower Ordovician Komstad Limestone and Huk Forrnations, southern Scandinavia. Fossils and Strata 38:1-374

Belongs to Lonchodomas according to A. T. Nielsen 1995

Sister taxa: Lonchodomas (Foliopyge), Lonchodomas carinatus, Lonchodomas chaziensis, Lonchodomas clavulus, Lonchodomas coagmentatum, Lonchodomas depressus, Lonchodomas halli, Lonchodomas normalis, Lonchodomas paenepennatus, Lonchodomas pennatus, Lonchodomas politus, Lonchodomas portlocki, Lonchodomas punctatus, Lonchodomas retrolatus, Lonchodomas rostratus, Lonchodomas sublaevis, Lonchodomas suriensis, Lonchodomas tumidus, Lonchodomas volborthi, Lonchodomas yohi

Type specimen: MGUH 23.065 (S108), a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Skelbro quarry, Bed-21, which is in a Volkhov carbonate limestone in the Komstad Formation of Sweden.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Volkhov of Sweden (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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