Acastocephala macrops Salter 1864 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Alternative combination: Phacops (Acaste) downingiae macrops

Belongs to Acastocephala according to J. Shergold 1966

See also Jell and Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Malvern, which is in a Sheinwoodian marine shale in the Coalbrookdale Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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