Koneprusia aboussalamae Feist and McNamara 2007 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - 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 brevispina, Koneprusia dahmani, Koneprusia serrensis

Type specimen: MB.T. 4571, a pygidium. Its type locality is Summit of Ras el Kebber Hill, which is in a Givetian reef, buildup or bioherm mudstone in the Bouia Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Summit of Ras el Kebber Hill

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