Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: A. W. Owen. 1986. The uppermost Ordovician (Hirnantian) trilobites of Girvan, SW Scotland with a review of coeval trilobite faunas. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 77:231-239
Belongs to Hemiarges according to A. W. Owen 1986
Sister taxa: Hemiarges angustifrons, Hemiarges antelucanus, Hemiarges avalanchensis, Hemiarges balanus, Hemiarges diadayma, Hemiarges inghami, Hemiarges insolitus, Hemiarges leviculus, Hemiarges maccullochi, Hemiarges memorans, Hemiarges paulianus, Hemiarges rohri, Hemiarges troedssoni, Hemiarges turneri, Hemiarges warburgae, Hemiarges wesenbergensis, Hemiarges zhaobishanensis
Type specimen: HM A16153-4, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is H1, which is in a Hirnantian marine sandstone in the High Mains Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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