Eokosovopeltis currajongensis Edgecombe and Webby 2007 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Full reference: G. D. Edgecombe and B. D. Webby. 2007. Ordovician trilobites with eastern Gondwanan affinities from central-west New South Wales and Tasmania. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 34:255-281

Belongs to Eokosovopeltis according to G. D. Edgecombe and B. D. Webby 2007

Sister taxa: Eokosovopeltis expansus, Eokosovopeltis grandicurvatus, Eokosovopeltis romanovskii

Type specimen: AM F132442, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Currajong Park Homestead, which is in an Eastonian deep subtidal shelf siltstone in the Gunningbland Formation of Australia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Australia (1 collection), China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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