Houseops canningensis Feist et al. 2009 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Full reference: R. Feist, K. J. McNamara, C. Cronier and R. Lerosey-Aubril. 2009. Patterns of extinction and recovery of phacopid trilobites during the Frasnian–Famennian (Late Devonian) mass extinction event, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Geological Magazine 146(1):12-33

Belongs to Houseops according to R. Feist et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Houseops miserrimus, Houseops nalivkini, Houseops ocellatus, Houseops olonbulagensis

Type specimen: WAM 07.266, a cephalon/head

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Houseops canningensis in the database

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