Maurotarion struszi Chatterton 1971

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Alternative combination: Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi

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 Maurotarion according to J. M. Adrain and B. D. E. Chatterton 1995

See also Chatterton 1971

Sister taxa: Goniopleura, Maurotarion minuscula, Maurotarion zlichovensis

Type specimen: ANU 17841, 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.

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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