Goldius angusticalix Van Viersen and De Wilde 2010 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Full reference: A.P. Van Viersen and B. De Wilde. 2010. Goldius angusticalix sp. nov. (Trilobita, Scutelluidae) from the Couvin Formation (Middle Devonian) in Belgium, with a preliminary list of scutelluid species from the Ardennes. Geologica Belgica 13:153-162

Belongs to Goldius according to A.P. Van Viersen and B. De Wilde 2010

Sister taxa: Goldius capitellum, Goldius goolaertsi, Goldius granulatus

Type specimen: NHMM 2009061a+b, a pygidium. Its type locality is Disused Nismes quarry, which is in an Eifelian marine carbonate in the Couvin Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Disused Nismes quarry

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