Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer. 1954. The Faunas of the Riley Formation in Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 28(6):709-786
Belongs to Aphelaspis according to A. R. Palmer 1954
Sister taxa: Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis longispina, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis subditus, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria conveximarginata, Labiostria westropi, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria gibbae
Type specimen: UT-32078, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is TC-815, which is in a Paibian marine sandstone/limestone in the Riley Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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