Cyphoproetus facetus Tripp 1954 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

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 Cyphoproetus according to R. M. Owens 1973

See also Tripp 1954

Sister taxa: Cyphoproetus bellus, Cyphoproetus comitilus, Cyphoproetus depressa, Cyphoproetus pugionis, Cyphoproetus semidepressus, Cyphoproetus svartoensis

Type specimen: A.3903, 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 deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Craighead Quarry

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