Thebanaspis asaphoides Curtis 1958 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative combination: Proetus asaphoides

Belongs to Thebanaspis according to U. Lemke 2020

See also Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004

Sister taxa: Thebanaspis arsenaulti, Thebanaspis determinatus, Thebanaspis jefferyi, Thebanaspis thebana

Type specimen: GSM GSb 4687

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Tortworth Inlier, Gloucestershire, Palaeocyclus Band (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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