Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Alternative combination: Ampyx tumidus
Belongs to Lonchodomas according to H. B. Whittington 1968
Sister taxa: Lonchodomas (Foliopyge), Lonchodomas carinatus, Lonchodomas chaziensis, Lonchodomas clavulus, Lonchodomas coagmentatum, Lonchodomas depressus, Lonchodomas halli, Lonchodomas normalis, Lonchodomas paenepennatus, Lonchodomas pennatus, Lonchodomas politus, Lonchodomas portlocki, Lonchodomas punctatus, Lonchodomas retrolatus, Lonchodomas rostratus, Lonchodomas sublaevis, Lonchodomas suriensis, Lonchodomas tenuis, Lonchodomas volborthi, Lonchodomas yohi
Type specimen: GSM 35651 [lectotype selected by Whittington 1968], a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North Wales Rawtheyan Assemblage 4D, Rhwlas Limestone (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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