Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Full reference: R. P. Tripp. 1980. Trilobites from the Ordovician Balclatchie and lower Ardwell groups of the Girvan district, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 71:123-145
Belongs to Lonchodomas according to R. P. Tripp 1980
Sister taxa: Lonchodomas (Foliopyge), Lonchodomas carinatus, Lonchodomas chaziensis, Lonchodomas clavulus, Lonchodomas depressus, Lonchodomas halli, Lonchodomas normalis, Lonchodomas paenepennatus, Lonchodomas pennatus, Lonchodomas politus, Lonchodomas portlocki, Lonchodomas punctatus, Lonchodomas retrolatus, Lonchodomas rostratus, Lonchodomas sublaevis, Lonchodomas suriensis, Lonchodomas tenuis, Lonchodomas tumidus, Lonchodomas volborthi, Lonchodomas yohi
Type specimen: GLAHM A18522a, b, a pygidium. Its type locality is south bank of Penwhapple Burn immediately south of the power-house, which is in a Sandbian offshore siltstone/conglomerate in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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