Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and A. J. Wright. 1986. Silicified Early Devonian trilobites from Mudgee, New South Wales. Alcheringa 10(3):279-296
Belongs to Crotalocephalus according to B. D. E. Chatterton and A. J. Wright 1986
Sister taxa: Crotalocephalus affinis, Crotalocephalus albertii, Crotalocephalus maurus, Crotalocephalus meridianus, Crotalocephalus pauper, Crotalocephalus silverdalensis, Crotalocephalus sternbergi, Cerauroides orientalis, Cerauroides elongatus
Type specimen: AMF 65384, a pygidium. Its type locality is Flirtation Hill, which is in a Zlichovian/Daleje marine limestone in Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Flirtation Hill
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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