Warburgella rotundata Begg 1939 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative combination: Cyphoproetus rotundata

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 Warburgella according to R. M. Owens 1973

See also Begg 1939 and Owens 1974

Sister taxa: Warburgella (Anambon), Warburgella (Rugulites), Warburgella (Warburgella), Warburgella abnormis, Warburgella althi, Warburgella stokesii, Warburgella volkovcyana

Type specimen: BG. 9323. 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.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

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

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