Scabriscutellum hammadi Chatterton et al. 2006 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Full reference: B. D. Chatterton, R. A. Fortey, K. D. Brett, S. L. Gibb, and R. C. McKellar. 2006. Trilobites from the upper Lower to Middle Devonian Timrhanrhart Formation, Jbel Gara el Zguilma, southern Morocco. Palaeontolographica Canadiana (25)1-177

Belongs to Scabriscutellum according to B. D. Chatterton et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Scabriscutellum lahceni

Type specimen: UA 13412, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Lower Bed, ZGEE1 , which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Timrhanrhart Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Lower Bed, ZGEE1

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