Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: Y. Howells. 1982. Scottish Silurian trilobites. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 135(561):1-70
Belongs to Acernaspis according to Y. Howells 1982
Sister taxa: Acernaspis (Eskaspis), Acernaspis copperi, Acernaspis elliptifrons, Acernaspis khatangensis, Acernaspis nanus, Acernaspis orestes, Acernaspis superciliexcelsis
Type specimen: BM In44521, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Woodland Point, which is in a Rhuddanian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Woodland Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Ordovician to Silurian of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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