Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Full reference: M. F. Tortello and S. B. Esteban. 2016. Early Ordovician trilobites from the Iruya area (Cordillera Oriental, northwestern Argentina) and their stratigraphic significance. Journal of Paleontology 90(5):923-958
Belongs to Nileus according to M. F. Tortello and S. B. Esteban 2016
Sister taxa: Nileus affinis, Nileus amplus, Nileus armadillo, Nileus australis, Nileus depressus, Nileus deynouxi, Nileus erici, Nileus exarmatus, Nileus gabata, Nileus glazialis, Nileus hesperaffinis, Nileus lacunosa, Nileus macrops, Nileus orbiculatoides, Nileus orbiculatus, Nileus petilus, Nileus planiceps, Nileus porosus, Nileus scrutator, Nileus walcotti, Remopleuridioides preandinus
Type specimen: MLP 35036b, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pantipampa, 93 m (Ordovician of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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