†Atractopyge killochanensis Tripp 1954 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae
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 Atractopyge according to R. P. Tripp 1954
Sister taxa: Atractopyge brevicauda, Atractopyge confusa, Atractopyge dalmani, Atractopyge kutorgae, Atractopyge progemma, Atractopyge rex, Atractopyge verrucosa
Type specimen: A.3931a, b, an exoskeleton. 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: found only at Craighead Quarry
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