Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: R. P. Tripp. 1954. Caradocian trilobites from the mudstones at Craighead Quarry, near Girvan, Ayrshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 62(3):655-693
Belongs to Hemiarges according to Tripp 1954
Sister taxa: Hemiarges antelucanus, Hemiarges avalanchensis, Hemiarges balanus, Hemiarges diadayma, Hemiarges extremus, Hemiarges inghami, Hemiarges insolitus, Hemiarges leviculus, Hemiarges maccullochi, Hemiarges memorans, Hemiarges paulianus, Hemiarges rohri, Hemiarges troedssoni, Hemiarges turneri, Hemiarges warburgae, Hemiarges wesenbergensis, Hemiarges zhaobishanensis
Type specimen: A.3797a, b, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Craighead Quarry, which is in a Caradoc marine mudstone in the Craighead Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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