†Brachypleura cordata Nikolaisen 1983 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Alternative combination: Sculptaspis cordata
Full reference: F. Nikolaisen. 1983. The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 32. Trilobites of the family Remopleurididae. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62:231-329
Belongs to Brachypleura according to D. L. Bruton and F. Nikolaisen 2017
See also Nikolaisen 1983
Sister taxa: Brachypleura sexlineata, Sculptaspis insculpta, Sculptaspis impolita, Sculptaspis pannucea, Sculptaspis erratica, Sculptaspis sexlineata
Type specimen: PMO 5288, a cephalon/head
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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