Xanionurus bispinosus Chatterton 1971 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton. 1971. Taxonomy and ontogeny of Siluro-Devonian trilobites from near Yass, New South Wales. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 137(1-3):1-108

Belongs to Xanionurus according to B. D. E. Chatterton 1971

Sister taxon: Radiaspis taghonorum

Type specimen: ANU 17851, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW, which is in an Emsian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW

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