Beggaspis elongatum Begg 1939

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Alternative combinations: Otarion elongatum, Otarion elongatus

Full reference: J. L. Begg. 1939. Some new Species of Proetidae and Otarionidae from the Ashgillian of Girvan. Geological Magazine 76(8):372-382

Belongs to Beggaspis according to U. Lemke 2020

See also Begg 1939 and Owens 2006

Sister taxa: Beggaspis spinicaudatum, Beggaspis tenuis

Type specimen: BG. 9325. Its type locality is Ladyburn River, Starfish Bed, Bed No. 2, which is in a Rawtheyan marine limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Ladyburn River, Starfish Bed, Bed No. 2

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