Decoroproetus farragatus Howells 1982 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Full reference: Y. Howells. 1982. Scottish Silurian trilobites. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 135(561):1-70

Belongs to Decoroproetus according to Y. Howells 1982

Sister taxa: Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus), Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus bodae, Decoroproetus brevifrons, Decoroproetus concentricus, Decoroproetus corycoeus, Decoroproetus decorus, Decoroproetus evexus, Decoroproetus fearnsidesi, Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus, Decoroproetus jamesoni, Decoroproetus papyraceus, Decoroproetus planulatus, Decoroproetus reussi, Decoroproetus scrobiculatus, Decoroproetus solenotus, Decoroproetus subornatus, Proetidella ardmillanensis

Type specimen: SM A74613, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Newlands, which is in an Aeronian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Newlands Farm Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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