†Xylabion craigensis Tripp 1954 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative combination: Ceraurinus craigensis
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 Xylabion according to P. D. Lane 1971
See also Tripp 1954
Sister taxon: Xylabion kirkdandiensis
Type specimen: A.3921a, 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: found only at Craighead Quarry
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