Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Alternative combination: Leonaspis acarescola
Full reference: Y. Howells. 1982. Scottish Silurian trilobites. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 135(561):1-70
Belongs to Exallaspis according to L. Ramsköld and B.D.E. Chatterton 1991
See also Howells 1982
Sister taxa: Exallaspis bruntoni, Exallaspis bufo, Exallaspis coronata, Exallaspis deflexa, Exallaspis illinoiensis, Exallaspis lothiana, Exallaspis maccrackeni, Exallaspis marklini, Exallaspis muldensis, Exallaspis quadrimucronatus, Exallaspis varbolensis
Type specimen: GSE 5776, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Lauchlan Burn, which is in an Aeronian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Wood Burn Grits Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution: found only at Lauchlan Burn
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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