Koneprusia brevispina Feist and McNamara 2007 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Full reference: R. Feist and K. J. McNamara. 2007. Biodiversity, distribution and patterns of extinction of the last odontopleuroid trilobites during the Devonian (Givetian, Frasnian). Geological Magazine 144(5):777-796

Belongs to Koneprusia according to R. Feist and K. J. McNamara 2007

Sister taxa: Koneprusia (Isoprusia), Koneprusia (Koneprusia), Koneprusia aboussalamae, Koneprusia dahmani, Koneprusia serrensis

Type specimen: UMC-IP 546, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Eastern slope of Mont Peyroux, above abandoned marble quarry ‘Concours-le-Haut’ , which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Clapassous Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of France (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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