Gyrometopus lineatus Angelin 1854 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Diaphanometopidae

Alternative combinations: Diaphanometopus lineatus, Nileus lineatus

Full reference: N. P. Angelin. 1854. Palaeontologia scandinavica. Pars II.

Belongs to Gyrometopus according to V. Jaanusson 1975

See also Angelin 1854 and Tjernvik 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RM No. Ar. 15368.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lanna (Ordovician of Sweden)

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