Richardsonella cristata Billings 1860 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Alternative combinations: Conokephalina cristata, Dikelocephalus cristatus

Belongs to Richardsonella according to F. Rasetti 1944

See also Raymond 1924

Sister taxa: Richardsonella convexa, Richardsonella elongata, Richardsonella kainelliformis, Richardsonella megalops, Richardsonella unisulcata, Richardsonella variagranula

Type specimen: Nat. Mus. Canada 870a, a cephalon/head (cranidium).

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boulder 36 (Levis) (Cambrian of Quebec)

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