Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae
Full reference: A. P. Van Viersen and A. Bignon. 2011. Late Devonian (Frasnian) asteropygine trilobites from the Frasnes area, southern border of Dinant Synclinorium, Belgium. Geologica Belgica 14(3/4):109-128
Belongs to Bradocryphaeus according to A. P. Van Viersen and A. Bignon 2011
Sister taxa: Bradocryphaeus briceae, Bradocryphaeus echinatus, Bradocryphaeus feisti, Bradocryphaeus fiacrensis, Bradocryphaeus kermanensis, Bradocryphaeus laomedeia, Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi, Bradocryphaeus matallanensis, Bradocryphaeus mosanus, Bradocryphaeus neptuni, Bradocryphaeus nodosa, Bradocryphaeus sexspiniferus, Bradocryphaeus supradevonicus, Bradocryphaeus zornensis
Type specimen: NHMM 2010023, a pygidium. Its type locality is Loc018. The edge of "les Abannets", Nismes, which is in a Frasnian/Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the Moulin Liénaux Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Loc018. The edge of "les Abannets", Nismes
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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