Kosovopeltis andersoni Etheridge and Nicholson 1879 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Alternative combinations: Bronteus andersoni, Scutellum andersoni

Belongs to Kosovopeltis according to Y. Howells 1982

See also Reed 1931

Sister taxa: Kosovopeltis allaarti, Kosovopeltis angusticostata, Kosovopeltis cunctata, Kosovopeltis insularis

Type specimen: HM A138 [lectotype selected by Howells 1982], a cephalon/head (cranidium with 9 thoracic segments)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lauchlan Burn (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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