Carbonocoryphe rockhamptonensis Mitchell 1918 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Alternative combinations: Aprathia rockhamptonensis, Phillipsia rockhamptonensis

Belongs to Carbonocoryphe according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015

See also Engel and Morris 1989

Sister taxon: Carbonocoryphe depressa

Type specimen: QMF17–1234a/b, a cephalon/head (half internal/external moulds of dorsal shield)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at NU L1064. Corner creek and Star River, near Paluma (Carboniferous of Australia)

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