Profallotaspis tyusserica Bushuev et al. 2014 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Fallotaspididae

Full reference: E. Bushuev, E. Goryaeva, and V. Pereladov. 2014. New discoveries of the oldest trilobites Profallotaspis and Nevadella in the northeastern Siberian Platform, Russia. Bulletin of Geosciences 89(2):347-364

Belongs to Profallotaspis according to E. Bushuev et al. 2014

Sister taxon: Profallotaspis jakutensis

Type specimen: CSGM, No. 2046/1, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Lena River, Tuora-Sis Mountains, section 1 bioherm, which is in a Tommotian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Tyuser Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Lena River, Ulakhan-Aldyarkhai section (UA2), Majatheca tumefacta zone

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