Quebecaspis breviceps Rasetti 1944 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1944. Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology 18(3):229-258

Belongs to Quebecaspis according to F. Rasetti 1944

Sister taxa: Quebecaspis conifrons, Quebecaspis marylandica

Type specimen: Laval Univ1168a-b, a cephalon/head (cranidium).

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boulder 51 (Levis Conglomerate) (Cambrian of Quebec)

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