Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Full reference: A. P. Van Viersen, H. Prescher, and J. Savelsbergh. 2009. Description of two new trilobites from the Ahrdorf Formation (Middle Devonian) at the “Trilobitenfelder” of Gees, Eifel, Rhenish Mountains. Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 79:43-53
Belongs to Pedinopariops according to A. P. Van Viersen et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Pedinopariops brongniarti, Pedinopariops degener, Pedinopariops insequens, Pedinopariops lentigifer, Pedinopariops major, Pedinopariops proniceps, Pedinopariops regius, Pedinopariops simulator, Pedinopariops superstes
Type specimen: IRSNB a12671, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Just west of Gees, which is in an Eifelian marine marl in the Ahrdorf Formation of Germany.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Just west of Gees
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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