Azyptyx toongabbiensis Holloway 1991 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Full reference: D. J. Holloway. 1991. Azyptyx gen. nov. (Trilobita, Cheirurinae) from the Lower Devonian of Victoria. Alcheringa 15(3):235-242

Belongs to Azyptyx according to D. J. Holloway 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMVP128440, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is PL1703. Marble Creek, near Toongabbie, which is in a Lochkovian carbonate limestone in the Wurutwun Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at PL1703. Marble Creek, near Toongabbie

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