Aspidograptus smithtonensis Rickards et al. 1990 (graptolite)

Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Dendrograptidae

Full reference: R. B. Rickards, P. W. Baillie, and J. B. Jago. 1990. An Upper Cambrian (Idamean) dendroid assemblage from near Smithton, northwestern Tasmania. Alcheringa 14(3):207-232

Belongs to Aspidograptus according to R. B. Rickards et al. 1990

Sister taxon: Aspidograptus implicatus

Type specimen: GST 14181a, b. Its type locality is Road-metal quarry ~ 6 km west of Smithton Aerodrome on Montagu Road at Scopus, which is in an Idamean marine siltstone/sandstone in the Scopus Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Road-metal quarry ~ 6 km west of Smithton Aerodrome on Montagu Road at Scopus

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