Tropidocoryphe richterorum Cisne 1968 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Full reference: J.L. Cisne. 1968. Discovery of the Subfamily Tropidocoryphinae (Trilobita) in North America. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):231-232

Belongs to Tropidocoryphe according to J.L. Cisne 1968

Sister taxa: Tropicoryphe hermon, Astycoryphe (Tropicoryphe) vermon

Type specimen: YPM 26099, a pygidium. Its type locality is East Bethany RR cut, which is in a Givetian marine horizon in New York.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at East Bethany RR cut

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