Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Full reference: N. J. Curtis and P. D. Lane. 1998. The Llandovery trilobites of England and Wales. Part 2. Monograph of the Palaeontological Society 152(608):51-101

Belongs to Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) according to N. J. Curtis and P. D. Lane 1998

Sister taxa: Belenopyge balliviani, Belenopyge contusa, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) edgecombei, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) docekali, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) branikensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) hirsuta, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) brevis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) campbelli, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) uralensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) consanguinea, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) australiformis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) brankiensis, Lobopyge niobe, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) pragensis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) bassei, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) parvulus, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) australis, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) pristina, Lobopyge permaginata, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) sinuata, Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) decheni, Lobopyge (Lobopyge)

Type specimen: SM X.27320a, b [counterparts], an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Llandovery Area, Dyfed, LL4, which is in an Aeronian offshore mudstone in the Rhydings Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Llandovery Area, Dyfed, LL4

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